Web services in Domino applications

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These questions are based on 801: IBM Lotus Notes Domino 8 Application Development Update.

Objective: Web services in Domino applications
Sub-objective: Create a Web service consumer

Single answer, multiple choice

Which of the following types of Web services does Domino Designer 8 support?

1. Consumer Web services only
2. Provider Web services only
3. Consumer and provider Web services
4. Web services are not supported in Domino Designer 8.

Answer:
C.  Consumer and provider Web services

Tutorial:
In Release 8 of Domino Designer, provider and consumer Web services are supported.

Provider Web services, first supported In Release 7 of Domino Designer, are created using the Web service design element. This type of Web service enables a developer to create a Web service and host it on a Domino server.

Consumer Web services are new with Release 8 of Domino Designer. A consumer Web service is a Web service called by the Notes application and hosted elsewhere. Instead of using a design element, a consumer Web service in Domino Designer is created by enabling a script library to call the Web service. The Web service-enabled script library is then incorporated into an agent, action, etc.

Reference:
Lotus Domino Designer 8 Help Database Topic: Creating Web service consumers

IBM Lotus Notes Domino 8 Reviewers Guide (PDF)