Monday, July 12, 2010

What is SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)

SOAP is a way to transport XML from one end point to another.

It supports a number of standard transport protocols which includes TCP, HTTP and SMTP. HTTP is most popular among all of these.


Basic idea of SOAP is to provide a mechanism by which an XML information can be wrapped in an envelop and which can be further carried by variety of transport mechanisms.

In a SOAP message, there are two main components:
- Header
- Body

As names signify, Header contains information abou actual SOAP message and body contains the actual message payload.

SOAP is a way to transport XML from one end point to another.It supports a number of standard transport protocols which includes TCP, HTTP and SMTP. HTTP is most popular among all of these.Basic idea of SOAP is to provide a mechanism by which an XML information can be wrapped in an envelop and which can be further carried by variety of transport mechanisms.In a SOAP message, there are two main components: Header, BodyAs names signify, Header contains information abou actual SOAP message and body contains the actual message payload.

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