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    }