Web Services (REST, SOAP)

5 flashcards · Computer Science · by Убитое Время

1. What is Web Service?

   Web service facilitates interaction between two machines over a network

2. What is SOAP?

   Simple Object Access Protocol SOAP provides a way to communicate between applications running on different operating systems, with different technologies and programming languages.

3. SOAP Building Blocks

   A SOAP message is an ordinary XML document containing the following elements: An Envelope element that identifies the XML document as a SOAP message A Header element that contains header information A Body element that contains call and response information A Fault element containing errors and status information All the elements above are declared in the default namespace for the SOAP envelope:

4. Skeleton SOAP Message

   <?xml version="1.0"?> <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope/" soap:encodingStyle="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding"> <soap:Header> ... </soap:Header> <soap:Body> ... <soap:Fault> ... </soap:Fault> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope>

5. The SOAP Envelope Element

   The required SOAP Envelope element is the root element of a SOAP message. This element defines the XML document as a SOAP message.