In .NET, how do I...

[Guest]

I need to write an application (i.e., an EXE) that exposes an API that
another application/process (likely a web service) can make calls to; what
technology(s) approaches should I be looking at. I'm new to .NET; I
attempted to use my web service to instantiate and manipulate my .NET class
library and had difficulties (e.g., saving state, managing sessions, etc).
I'm now thinking I will write a server application, and my web service will
simply make calls to the API on the server application (which is daemon like
and runs continuously). Is there a .NET technology that can help me (OLE
automation?, ???)?

 

[Shifted]

You may want to take a look into .NET remoting, its great for easily
creating client/server applications and exposing API in a stateless or
stateful environment.

-Ron