What is SOAP Envelope element?
SOAP envelope element is the root element used to define the XML document as a SOAP message.
Example:<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://www.abc.org/2001/12/soap-envelope" soap:encodingStyle="http://www.abc.org/2001/12/soap-encoding">
...
Message information goes here
...
</soap:Envelope>
What are SOAP Envelope element, SOAP actor element and SOAP body element?
1. Envelope Element : Envelope element contains header child and body child element.
2. Actor Element : Actor element specifies an entity by which an element is processed. It is referred as the ultimate recipient of the message, and used for assigning header entries to specific entities.
3. Body Element : Body element encloses the body entries of the message.