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SOAP FUNDAMENTALS

BY
SANKAR KUMAR.R
III-YEAR,DCE
ROLL NO:23
20507174
 SOAP FUNDAMENTALS
• SOAP-simple object access protocol
• SOAP is a protocol that enables the
communication between the clients
and web services or server. Using
SOAP,a client can call the methods
on servers and web services.
HTTP based – since SOAP is based on HTTP, it is
easy to exchange messages over the internet.
Platform independent- since it is XML format, it
is independent from both language and
platfrom .
Simplicity- user can create messages easily by
simply the SOAP standard.
Extensibility-Elements can be added any time
in the document.
Message passing- information are sent as
simple name /value pairs
SOAP building blocks
SOAP message is an XML
document it has three major
elements

1.SOAP envelope elements

2.SOAP header elements
3.SOAP body elements
SOAP ENVELOPE ELEMENT:

SOAP envelop element contains

the details thet are used to
identify the document as a SOAP
message it should contain the
path for SOAP envelope
namespace and soap encoding
style.
SOAP HEADER ELEMENT:

SOAP header element

contains the
authentication
information and the
details about ongoing
transactions.
SOAP BODY ELEMENT:
SOAP body element
contains the actual
message for the recipient
it also contains SOAP fault
element to indicate error
messages. SOAP fault
must appear as a child
element of SOAP header .
THANK YOU.