An evaluation of compression and streaming techniques for efficient transfer of XML documents with Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)

2003

Masteroppgave i informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi 2003 - Høgskolen i Agder, Grimstad In SOAP, the entire XML object is generated on the server before it is returned to the client. This puts unnecessary strain on server systems in terms of both memory and CPU. The objectives are to find why SOAP does not allow streaming of responses, possible solutions to the problem and outline alternative transfer methods. Furthermore, compression techniques for a streaming SOAP environment are evaluated, as well as performance of streaming versus an alternative method of data retrieval. The feasibility study concluded that SOAP itself allows streaming of responses, but the HTTP binding does not. Th…