The first thing to do is to read the short project overview.

Next have a look at the short document How can I use SOCKET which summarises the different ways in which socketization of Web service WSDL documents can be carried out.

Now perhaps have a quick play with the demo socketized Bodington to see what the end result might look like.

If you are planning to experiment with SOCKET then it is recommended that you use the 1.0 final release that will be published on Friday 27 October 2006. This release will be able to deal with complex data types in the WSDL document (the present 1.0-beta-2 version handles only simple types).

The simplest way of taking a WSDL and producing a Web application containing the consumer software for the Web service is to use either the Pluto or Saturn program. Pluto is a command line client for the SOCKET engine, and Saturn is a Web application client with form-based input.