Incoming Web Services

Reality incoming web services allow you to expose your DataBasic subroutines using a Java Servlet that can run on any servlet compatible web server (the Jetty web server is supplied so that you can get started). Access to the subroutines concerned must be granted on the Reality database and the service is set up using the Web Services Management Console. You can create any number of web services, each providing access to one or more DataBasic subroutines - see Creating a Reality Web Service for details.

Any subroutine can be exposed in this way, it does not have to be specially written, though formatting input and output data in XML is recommended (see XML Support).

Note

All subroutine parameters are assumed to be bi-directional. For efficiency reasons, it is recommended that any large input parameters that are not used to return results should be cleared by the subroutine.