> -----Original Message-----
> From: Z39.50 Next-Generation Initiative [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of
> Matthew J. Dovey
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 11:43 AM
> 
> > Switching from the SOAP toolkit to hand-built SOAP messages
> > resulted in yet more efficiency.  I suspect I'll be bringing
> > up the topic of SOAP in document mode instead of RPC mode
> > before too long.
> 
> Errr. SRW doesn't support SOAP in rpc mode - only doc/literal.

Well, there you have it then.

But, that does puzzle me.  According to what I've read, the distinction
is that, in document mode, the toolkits don't interpret the messages for
you, allowing you to provide your own, hopefully more efficient, parsing
of the document.  But it is clear that Axis is converting the message
into java objects for me.

Matthew, do you have an insight into what I'm misunderstanding here?

Thanks!

Ralph