About working with GeodataServer
The capabilities of an ArcGIS for Server geodata service using the SOAP application programming interface (API) are defined by the GeoDataServerBindingStub class methods. These methods initiate stateless requests to a geodata service and return results. The capabilities of GeodataServerBindingStub mirror the stateless ArcObjects interface implemented by the geodata server object IGeoDataServer. The GeodataServerBindingStub class is in the com.esri.arcgisws package (arcgis_agsws_stub.jar).
Two important differences between the SOAP proxy and ArcObjects Component Object Model (COM) proxies are as follows:
- GeodataServerBindingStub is a native Java object. IGeodataServer is an interface to a remote COM object on the geographic information system (GIS) server (ArcSOC.exe).
- Input parameters and output results share a common naming scheme but are different object types. The GeodataServerBindingStub object uses native Java objects (value objects), while the IGeodataServer interface uses a reference to remote COM objects on the GIS server.