• Web Services Overview

• Types of Web Services

• Mac OS X Web Services Architecture

• About the Web Services API

• Types, Method Invocations, and Protocol Handlers

• Types

• Method Invocations

• Protocol Handlers

• Using Specific Web Service Types

• XML-RPC

• SOAP

• WSDL

• Creating and Invoking Operations

• The Invocation Reference

• The Operation Parameters

• The Invocation Properties

• Invoking the Operation

• Invoking the Operation Asynchronously

• Dealing With The Response

• Adding Custom Serializers and Deserializers

• Example: Calling a SOAP Operation with HTTP Authentication