001    /**
002     * Copyright (c) 2000-2013 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     * Provides the SOAP utility for the
019     * {@link com.liferay.portal.service.AccountServiceUtil} service utility. The
020     * static methods of this class calls the same methods of the service utility.
021     * However, the signatures are different because it is difficult for SOAP to
022     * support certain types.
023     *
024     * <p>
025     * ServiceBuilder follows certain rules in translating the methods. For example,
026     * if the method in the service utility returns a {@link java.util.List}, that
027     * is translated to an array of {@link com.liferay.portal.model.AccountSoap}.
028     * If the method in the service utility returns a
029     * {@link com.liferay.portal.model.Account}, that is translated to a
030     * {@link com.liferay.portal.model.AccountSoap}. Methods that SOAP cannot
031     * safely wire are skipped.
032     * </p>
033     *
034     * <p>
035     * The benefits of using the SOAP utility is that it is cross platform
036     * compatible. SOAP allows different languages like Java, .NET, C++, PHP, and
037     * even Perl, to call the generated services. One drawback of SOAP is that it is
038     * slow because it needs to serialize all calls into a text format (XML).
039     * </p>
040     *
041     * <p>
042     * You can see a list of services at http://localhost:8080/api/axis. Set the
043     * property <b>axis.servlet.hosts.allowed</b> in portal.properties to configure
044     * security.
045     * </p>
046     *
047     * <p>
048     * The SOAP utility is only generated for remote services.
049     * </p>
050     *
051     * @author Brian Wing Shun Chan
052     * @see AccountServiceHttp
053     * @see com.liferay.portal.model.AccountSoap
054     * @see com.liferay.portal.service.AccountServiceUtil
055     * @generated
056     */
057    public class AccountServiceSoap {
058    }