Top "Protocols" questions

A common means for (un)related objects to communicate with each other.

Difference between SOAP and HTTP protocol?

What is the difference between the SOAP and HTTP protocol. When we say "SOAP over HTTP", what does that mean.?

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Cannot find protocol declaration

I have two view controllers A and B, and they both have each other as their delegates. When I did …

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Difference between protocol and delegates?

What is the difference between a protocol and a delegate? and, How can we declare variables in a protocol class?

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Android / iOS - Custom URI / Protocol Handling

Is there a way to define some kind of handling mechanism in Android and iOS that would allow me to …

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Could someone please explain LDAP?

I often hear things like "Can we load our employee info using LDAP?" Yet, the title "Lightweight Directory Access Protocol" …

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How to initiate/send SMS from a HTML5 webpage using devices native functions?

I am wondering how can I open the send SMS application by using a web control of a HTML5 page …

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How are PUT parameters passed to a page?

I can't find a precise answer on that question : Are parameters which are sent by PUT passed in the URL, …

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binary protocols v. text protocols

does anyone have a good definition for what a binary protocol is? and what is a text protocol actually? how …

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What's the difference between data source and delegate?

I have a fundamental question related to Cocoa frameworks design patterns. What's the difference between delegate and data source? Both …

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Why does a SOAP message have to be sent over HTTP?

Below is a demo SOAP request message: HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: text/xml; charset="utf-8" Content-Length: nnnn <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:…

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