Is Cold Fusion NOT compatible with some webservices?

5 Message(s) by 3 Author(s) originally posted in advanced cfml techniques

From: GArlington

Date: Friday, September 14, 2007

wrote in message:

An error condition that changes the normal {flow of control}
	in a program.  An exception may be generated ("raised") by
	{hardware} or {software}.  Hardware exceptions include
	{reset}, {interrupt} or a signal from a {memory management
	unit}.  Exceptions may be generated by the {arithmetic logic
	unit} or {floating-point unit} for numerical errors such as
	divide by zero, {overflow} or {underflow} or {instruction
	decoding} errors such as privileged, reserved, {trap} or
	undefined instructions.  Software exceptions are even more
	varied and the term could be applied to any kind of error
	checking which alters the normal behaviour of the program.

	(1994-10-31)

in CF:
Couldn't generate

To produce something according to an {algorithm} or program or
	set of rules, or as a (possibly unintended) {side effect} of
	the execution of an algorithm or program.

	The opposite of {parse}.

	[{Jargon File}]

	(1995-06-15)

stub

1. <programming> A dummy procedure used when linking a program
	with a {run-time library}.  The stub routine need not contain
	any code and is only present to prevent "undefined label"
	errors at link time.

	2. <programming, networking> A local procedure in a {remote
	procedure call}.  The {client} calls the stub to perform some
	task and need not necessarily be aware that RPC is involved.
	The stub transmits parameters over the network to the {server}
	and returns the results to the caller.

	(1995-11-09)

object

<object-oriented> In {object-oriented programming}, an
	instance of the data structure and behaviour defined by the
	object's {class}.  Each object has its own values for the
	{instance variables} of its class and can respond to the
	{methods} defined by its class.

	For example, an object of the "Point" class might have
	instance variables "x" and "y" and might respond to the "plot"
	method by drawing a dot on the screen at those coordinates.

	(2004-01-26)

s for web service

<networking, programming> Work performed (or offered) by a
	{server}.  This may mean simply serving simple requests for
	data to be sent or stored (as with {file servers}, {gopher} or
	{http} servers, {e-mail} servers, {finger} servers, {SQL}
	servers, etc.); or it may be more complex work, such as that
	of {irc} servers, print servers, {X Windows} servers, or
	process servers.

	E.g. "Access to the finger {service} is restricted to the
	local {subnet}, for security reasons".

	(1997-09-11)

invocation.
Name:https://cert.webservices.sabre.com/cert. WSDL

<architecture> (WSDL) An {XML} format for describing network
	{services} as a set of endpoints operating on messages
	containing either "document oriented" or "procedure oriented"
	information.  The operations and messages are described
	abstractly, and then bound to a concrete network protocol and
	message format to define an endpoint.  Related concrete
	endpoints are combined into abstract endpoints
	(services).

	WSDL is typically used with {SOAP} over {HTTP} but it is
	extensible to allow description of endpoints and their
	messages independent of what message formats or network
	protocols.

	[Reference?]

	(2004-06-21)

:https://cert.webservices.sabre.com/cert. WSDLException (at /soap-env:Envelope):
faultCode=INVALID_WSDL: Expected element

1. <data, programming> One of the items of data in an {array}.

	2. <language, text> One kind of node in an {SGML}, {HTML}, or
	{XML} {document} {tree}.  An SGML element is typically
	represented by a start {tag} ("<p>") and an end tag ("</p>").
	In some SGML implementations, some tags are omissible, as with
	"</p>" in {HTML}.

	The start tag can contain {attributes} ("<p lang="en-UK"
	class='stuff'>"), which are an unordered set of key-value
	bindings for that element.  Both the start tag and end tag for
	an element typically contain the "tag name" (also called the
	"{GI}" or generic identifier) for that element.

	In {XML}, an element is always represented either by an
	explicit start tag and end tag, or by an empty element tag
	("<img src='thing.{png}' alt='a dodad' />").

	Other kinds of SGML node are: a section of character data
	("foo"), a comment ("<!-- bar -->"), a markup declaration
	("<!ENTITY reg CDATA '&#174'>"), or a processing instruction
	("<?xml-stylesheet href="shop-english.xsl" type="text/xsl"
	?>").

	(2001-01-30)

'{http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/}definitions'.: It is recommended that you
use a web browser

<hypertext> A program which allows a person to read
	{hypertext}.  The browser gives some means of viewing the
	contents of {nodes} (or "pages") and of {navigating} from one
	node to another.

	{Netscape Navigator}, {NCSA} {Mosaic}, {Lynx}, and {W3} are
	examples for browsers for the {World-Wide Web}.  They act as
	{clients} to remote {web servers}.

	(1996-05-31)

to retrieve and examine the requested WSDL document

1. <application> Any specific type of {file} produced or
	edited by a specific {application}; usually capable of being
	printed.  E.g. "Word document", "Photoshop document", etc.

	2. <hypertext> A term used on some systems (e.g. {Intermedia})
	for a {hypertext} {node}.  It is sometimes used for a
	collection of nodes on related topics, possibly stored or
	distributed as one.

	3. <programming> To write {documentation} on a certain piece
	of code.

	(2003-10-25)

for
correctness. If the requested WSDL document can not be retrieved or it is
dynamically generated, it is likely that the target

<hardware> A {SCSI} device that executes a command from a
	{SCSI initiator} to perform some task.  Typically the target
	is a SCSI peripheral device but the {host adapter} can also be
	a target.

	(1999-02-10)

web service has programming

1. The art of debugging a blank sheet of paper (or, in these
	days of on-line editing, the art of debugging an empty file).

	2. A pastime similar to banging one's head against a wall, but
	with fewer opportunities for reward.

	3. The most fun you can have with your clothes on (although
	clothes are not mandatory).

	[{Jargon File}]

	(2003-02-12)

error

1. A discrepancy between a computed, observed, or measured
	value or condition and the true, specified, or theoretically
	correct value or condition.

	2. <programming> A mental mistake made by a programmer that
	may result in a program {fault}.

	3. (verb) What a program does when it stops as result of a
	programming error.

	(2000-03-28)

s.
I can browse the WSDL just fine (try it yourself). Obviously having the WSDL
modified is out of the question, as billion-dollar company like SABRE are not
exactly going to listen to this puny ColdFusion

<World-Wide Web, database, tool> {Allaire Corporation}'s
	commercial {database} application development tool that allows
	{databases} to have a {World-Wide Web} {interface}, so a
	database can be queried and updated using a {web browser}.

	The ColdFusion Server application runs on the {web server} and
	has access to a {database}.  ColdFusion files on the web
	server are {HTML} pages with additional ColdFusion commands to
	{query} or {update} the database, written in {CFML}.  When the
	page is requested by the user, the {web server} passes the
	page to the Cold Fusion application, which executes the {CFML}
	commands, places the results of the {CFML} commands in the
	{HTML} file, and returns the page to the {web server}.  The
	page returned to the {web server} is now an ordinary {HTML}
	file, and it is sent to the user.

	Examples of ColdFusion applications include order entry, event
	registration, catalogue search, directories, calendars, and
	interactive training.  ColdFusion applications are robust
	because all database interactions are encapsulated in a single
	industrial-strength {CGI} script.  The formatting and
	presentation can be modified and revised at any time (as
	opposed to having to edit and recompile {source code}).

	ColdFusion Server can connect with any database that supports
	{ODBC} or {OLE DB} or one that has a native database driver.
	Native database drivers are available for {Oracle} and
	{Sybase} databases.

	ColdFusion is available for {Windows}, {Solaris}, and {HP-UX}.
	A {development environment} for creating ColdFusion files,
	called ColdFusion Studio, is also available for {Windows}.

	Current version: MX(6), as of 2003-07-11.

	The {filename extension} for ColdFusion files is .cfm

	{Home (http://www.coldfusion.com/)}.

	(2003-07-27)

developer

<job> (Or "computer programmer", "developer") Someone who
	writes or debugs {computer programs}, for a living or for fun.
	"Analyst/developer" is a common equivalent job title, implying
	the added role of {system analysis}.  The term may be
	qualified according to the type of software - "{application}
	programmer", "{system programmer}", etc.

	(2000-01-24)

:-D
The question is: Is Cold Fusion compatible

<jargon> Different systems (e.g., {programs}, {file formats},
	{protocols}, even {programming languages}) that can work
	together or exchange data are said to be compatible.

	See also {backward compatible}, {forward compatible}.

	(1998-01-15)

with all webservices? Or is the one
described above somehow only work with certain platforms?
Cheers!

When I try to browse to your wsdl address

1. <networking> {e-mail address}.

	2. <networking> {Internet address}.

	3. <networking> {MAC address}.

	4. <storage, programming> An unsigned integer used to select
	one fundamental element of storage, usually known as a {word}
	from a computer's {main memory} or other storage device.  The
	{CPU} outputs addresses on its {address bus} which may be
	connected to an {address decoder}, {cache controller}, {memory
	management unit}, and other devices.

	While from a hardware point of view an address is indeed an
	integer most {strongly typed} programming languages disallow
	mixing integers and addresses, and indeed addresses of
	different data types.  This is a fine example for {syntactic
	salt}: the compiler could work without it but makes writing
	bad programs more difficult.

	(1997-07-01)

it shows an error - and this
is exactly what ColdFusion is trying to tell you - "f the requested WSDL
document can not be retrieved or it is dynamically generated, it is
likely that the target web service has programming errors."

From: GArlington

Date: Friday, September 14, 2007

wrote in message:

Hi all,
I have a major problem connecting to a webservice provided by SABRE (the
travel agency people).
If you try to consume :
http://cert.webservices.sabre.com/wsdl/sabreXML1.0.00/tpf/OTA_AirPric...
.wsdl
You get this exception in CF:
Couldn't generate stub objects for web service invocation.
Name:https://cert.webservices.sabre.com/cert. WSDL:https://cert.webservices.sabre.com/cert. WSDLException (at /soap-env:Envelope):
faultCode=INVALID_WSDL: Expected element
'{http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/}definitions'.: It is recommended that you
use a web browser to retrieve and examine the requested WSDL document for
correctness. If the requested WSDL document can not be retrieved or it is
dynamically generated, it is likely that the target web service has programming
errors.
I can browse the WSDL just fine (try it yourself). Obviously having the WSDL
modified is out of the question, as billion-dollar company like SABRE are not
exactly going to listen to this puny ColdFusion developer :-D
The question is: Is Cold Fusion compatible with all webservices? Or is the one
described above somehow only work with certain platforms?
Cheers!

AFAIK: ColdFusion should work with any valid WS, there are exceptions, but
this might not be the case here. You may be using wrong address for
WSDL file...

From: cffan3

Date: Friday, September 14, 2007

Hi all,

I have a major problem connecting to a webservice provided by SABRE (the
travel agency people).
If you try to consume :

http://cert.webservices.sabre.com/wsdl/sabreXML1.0.00/tpf/OTA_AirPriceLLS1.1.1RQ
.wsdl

You get this exception in CF:
Couldn't generate stub objects for web service invocation.
Name: https://cert.webservices.sabre.com/cert. WSDL:
https://cert.webservices.sabre.com/cert. WSDLException (at /soap-env:Envelope):
faultCode=INVALID_WSDL: Expected element
'{http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/}definitions'.: It is recommended that you
use a web browser to retrieve and examine the requested WSDL document for
correctness. If the requested WSDL document can not be retrieved or it is
dynamically generated, it is likely that the target web service has programming
errors.

I can browse the WSDL just fine (try it yourself). Obviously having the WSDL
modified is out of the question, as billion-dollar company like SABRE are not
exactly going to listen to this puny ColdFusion developer :-D

The question is: Is Cold Fusion compatible with all webservices? Or is the one
described above somehow only work with certain platforms?

Cheers!

From: JMilton1959

Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2007

How are you calling it. I had trouble using CFINVOKE but the same service
worked when I made it an object and called it using cfscript. This one
requires a complex variable

<programming> (Sometimes "var" /veir/ or /var/) A named memory
	location in which a program can store intermediate results and
	from which it can read it them.  Each {programming language}
	has different rules about how variables can be named, typed,
	and used.  Typically, a value is "assigned" to a variable in
	an {assignment} statement.  The value is obtained by
	evaluating an expression and then stored in the variable.  For
	example, the assignment

		x = y + 1

	means "add one to y and store the result in x".  This may look
	like a mathematical equation but the mathematical equality is
	only true in the program until the value of x or y changes.
	Furthermore, statements like

		x = x + 1

	are common.  This means "add one to x", which only makes sense
	as a state changing operation, not as a mathematical equality.

	The simplest form of variable corresponds to a single-{word}
	of {memory} or a {CPU} {register} and an assignment to a
	{load} or {store} {machine code} operation.

	A variable is usually defined to have a {type}, which never
	changes, and which defines the set of values the variable can
	hold.  A type may specify a single ("atomic") value or a
	collection ("aggregate") of values of the same or different
	types.  A common aggregate type is the {array} - a set of
	values, one of which can be selected by supplying a numerical
	{index}.

	Languages may be {untyped}, {weakly typed}, {strongly typed},
	or some combination.  {Object-oriented programming} languages
	extend this to {object} types or {classes}.

	A variable's {scope} is the region of the program source
	within which it represents a certain thing.  Scoping rules are
	also highly language dependent but most serious languages
	support both {local variables} and {global variables}.
	{Subroutine} and {function} {formal arguments} are special
	variables which are set automatically by the language runtime
	on entry to the subroutine.

	In a {functional programming} language, a variable's value
	never changes and change of state is handled as recursion over
	lists of values.

	(2004-11-16)

so I created it as an object as well. I got this
to work with CF8 but I am still working on issues with CF7. Not a lot of good
doco on working with a service that requires a complex value sent to it.

ws = createObject("webservice", "#theURL#");

retObject = ws.somememethod(myObject);

From: cffan3

Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2007

I was using CFINVOKE indeed. I will try the script approach and will update this
thread if I found it works better.

My company feels that since the implementation of this service is probably the
same across most travel sites, we'd save a lot of time purchasing code

<software> Instructions for a computer in some programming
	language, often {machine language}.  The word "code" is often
	used to distinguish instructions from {data} (e.g. "The code
	is marked 'read-only'") whereas "{software}" is used in
	contrast with "{hardware}" and may consist of more than just
	code.

	(2000-04-08)

that
already connects to these services and handles most of the workflow, or even
hire a developer familiar with this framework

In {object-oriented} systems, a set of {class}es that embodies
	an abstract design for solutions to a number of related
	problems.

	(1995-01-30)

on a contractual basis.

Is that something you or someone else on these forums could provide or be
interested in? If so please contact me at cffan3@xxxxxxxxxxx We can pay around
10K+ USD for a working implementation of a select departure/select return/
review fare/get passengers/ confirm workflow.

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