| Summary: | In a large enterprise, Java developers aren't the only kids on the block. You'll also find departmental developers who use other languages to create useful applications. Perl is particularly popular for its quick implementation of small targeted system- and file-processing tasks, and its large selection of libraries at CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network). This article shows you how simple it is to turn Perl applications into simple Web services using a simple XML-RPC (remote procedure call) server available at CPAN. Author Richard Lawson also shows you how to call the Perl methods as if they were Java code with minimum fuss from the Java XML-RPC client. The end result: Perl methods that look like Java code to your program. (1,900 words; October 11, 2004)
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