SOAP and its purpose - Feb 14, 2009 at
17:10 pm by Rajmeet Ghai
SOAP and its purpose.
Simple Object Access Protocol is a
XML based protocol that enables application to communicate with each other.
SOAP has a standard format for sending messages. SOAP allows applications to
communicate with each other over http, when different application running on
different types of operating systems and using different technologies; SOAP can
be used to enable communication between them.
What is
SOAP? Explain its purpose - Jan 12, 2010 at 11:10 am by Vidya Sagar
What is SOAP? Explain its purpose.
SOAP is the acronym for Simple Object Access Protocol. XML
based messages over a network of computers are exchanged by using SOAP
standard, using HTTP.
SOAP purpose:
A web service needs a combination of XML, HTTP and a protocol which is
application-specific. A web service uses XML data for exchanging. The weather
service, stock quote service, look up service of postal department are all
sending XML messages and receiving an XML reply. This is the pattern that
dominates the web services. To perform these web services, SOAP is the reliable
protocol.
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