SOAP Archive

Types of Web Services

On the conceptual level, a service is a software component provided through a network-accessible endpoint. The service consumer and provider use messages to exchange invocation request and response information in the form of self-containing documents …

SOAP Example

A SOAP Example In the example below, a GetStockPrice request is sent to a server. The request has a StockName parameter, and a Price parameter that will be returned in the response. The namespace for …

SOAP Transport

SOAP is not tied to any one transport protocol. SOAP can be transported via SMTP, FTP, IBM‘s MQSeries, or Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ). SOAP specification includes details on HTTP only. HTTP remains the most popular …

SOAP Encoding

SOAP includes a built-in set of rules for encoding data types.This enables the SOAP message to indicate specific data types, such as integers, floats, doubles, or arrays. SOAP data types are divided into two broad …

SOAP Fault Element

When an error occurs during processing, the response to a SOAP message is a SOAP fault element in the body of the message, and the fault is returned to the sender of the SOAP message. …

SOAP Body Element

The SOAP Body element contains the actual SOAP message. The SOAP Body Element The required SOAP Body element contains the actual SOAP message intended for the ultimate endpoint of the message. Immediate child elements of …

SOAP Header Element

The SOAP Header element contains header information. The SOAP Header Element The optional SOAP Header element contains application-specific information (like authentication, payment, etc) about the SOAP message. If the Header element is present, it must …