001 /** 002 * Copyright (c) 2000-2010 Liferay, Inc. All rights reserved. 003 * 004 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under 005 * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free 006 * Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) 007 * any later version. 008 * 009 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT 010 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS 011 * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more 012 * details. 013 */ 014 015 package com.liferay.portal.service.http; 016 017 018 /** 019 * <p> 020 * This class provides a SOAP utility for the 021 * {@link com.liferay.portal.service.ContactServiceUtil} service utility. The 022 * static methods of this class calls the same methods of the service utility. 023 * However, the signatures are different because it is difficult for SOAP to 024 * support certain types. 025 * </p> 026 * 027 * <p> 028 * ServiceBuilder follows certain rules in translating the methods. For example, 029 * if the method in the service utility returns a {@link java.util.List}, that 030 * is translated to an array of {@link com.liferay.portal.model.ContactSoap}. 031 * If the method in the service utility returns a 032 * {@link com.liferay.portal.model.Contact}, that is translated to a 033 * {@link com.liferay.portal.model.ContactSoap}. Methods that SOAP cannot 034 * safely wire are skipped. 035 * </p> 036 * 037 * <p> 038 * The benefits of using the SOAP utility is that it is cross platform 039 * compatible. SOAP allows different languages like Java, .NET, C++, PHP, and 040 * even Perl, to call the generated services. One drawback of SOAP is that it is 041 * slow because it needs to serialize all calls into a text format (XML). 042 * </p> 043 * 044 * <p> 045 * You can see a list of services at 046 * http://localhost:8080/tunnel-web/secure/axis. Set the property 047 * <b>tunnel.servlet.hosts.allowed</b> in portal.properties to configure 048 * security. 049 * </p> 050 * 051 * <p> 052 * The SOAP utility is only generated for remote services. 053 * </p> 054 * 055 * @author Brian Wing Shun Chan 056 * @see ContactServiceHttp 057 * @see com.liferay.portal.model.ContactSoap 058 * @see com.liferay.portal.service.ContactServiceUtil 059 * @generated 060 */ 061 public class ContactServiceSoap { 062 }