Version 

4.0

A SOAP compliant programming environment will parse the WSDL files to 

determine which remote methods can be called, and will then allow the 

application to call these methods much as if they were local functions.  

The SOAP environment insulates the application developer from the 

underlying complexity   network connectivity, XML formatting, cross 

platform compatibility, etc.  The application developer can concentrate on 

implementing the ZXTM control logic required to support the application 

they are building. 

The ZXTM Control API can be used by any programming language and 

application environment that supports SOAP services.  C#, Perl, Java and  

Python are commonly used. 

The ZXTM Control API is not available on all versions of ZXTM.  Please 

refer to your product specifications for details. 

1.3 Code 

samples 

The following code samples demonstrate how to call the ZXTM Control 

API from several different application environments.  They are intended 

to illustrate the similarities, rather than the best practice for each 

language. 

The examples connect to a ZXTM system, retrieve a list of the virtual 

servers and then query whether each virtual server is enabled (i.e. 

running).  They then print out the running virtual servers. 

The code structure is as follows: 

Specify the location of the admin server, and the username and 

password of an account in the `admin' group. 

If necessary, configure the HTTPS layer to accept the Admin Server's 

self signed certificate. 

Instantiate a means of calling the SOAP methods, generally with 

reference to the WSDL specification

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Invoke the VirtualServer:getVirtualServerNames() method, which 

returns an array of string values. 

Invoke the VirtualServer:getEnabled() method, providing an array of 

string values (the names) and obtaining an array of Boolean values. 

Iterate through the arrays, printing the names of the virtual servers 

which are enabled. 

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 Some environments, such as Perl's SOAP::Lite do not validate method calls 

against the WSDL specification. 

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