Consuming web services

ColdFusion MX provides a variety of methods for consuming web services. The method that you choose depends on your ColdFusion programming style and application.

The following table describes these methods:

Method	CFML operator	Description
CFScript	`CreateObject`()	Consumes a web service from within a CFScript block.
CFML tag	`cfinvoke`	Consumes a web service from within a block of CFML code.
CFML tag	`cfobject`	Consumes a web service from within a block of CFML code.

One important consideration is that all consumption methods use the same underlying technology and offer the same performance.

This section describes the following topics:

About the examples in this section
Passing parameters to a web service
Handling return values from a web service
Using cfinvoke to consume a web service
Using CFScript to consume a web service
Consuming web services that are not generated by Macromedia ColdFusion MX
Calling web services from a Macromedia Flash client
Catching errors when consuming web services
Handling inout and out parameters
Configuring web services in the ColdFusion MX Administrator
Data conversions between ColdFusion and WSDL data types
Consuming ColdFusion web services

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