[ITS122P] SOAP

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)

is an XML-based messaging protocol for exchanging information among computers.

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)

is a light-weight protocol that is used for data interchange between applications.

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)

is designed to be platform independent and is also designed to be operating system independent.

SOAP envelope

indicates the start and the end of the SOAP message so that the receiver knows when an entire message has been received.

SOAP envelope

solves the problem of knowing when you are done receiving a message and are ready to process it

v1.1-compliant SOAP processor

generates a fault upon receiving a message containing the v1.2 envelope namespace.

v1.2-compliant SOAP processor

generates a Version Mismatch fault if it receives a message that does not include the v1.2 envelope namespace

SOAP message from the server

when the request to a SOAP web service is successful, the response is a

“HTTP 500” error

if a SOAP fault are generated, response are returned as

• <faultCode>

• <faultString>

• <faultActor>(Optional)

• <detail>(Optional)

Elements of a SOAP Fault message

<faultCode>

• SOAP-ENV:VersionMismatch

• SOAP-ENV:MustUnderstand

• SOAP-ENV:Client

• SOAP-ENV:Server

This is the code that designates the code of the error.

<faultString>

This is the text message which gives a detailed description of the error.

<faultActor>(Optional)

This is a text string which indicates who caused the fault.

<detail>(Optional)

This is the element for application-specific error messages.

All communication by SOAP is done via what protocol

HTTP