SOAP is an XML-based protocol that enables distributed applications to communicate over the Internet. The extensibility feature enables the layering of functionalities over
SOAP. Extensibility is achieved through message handlers, messaging styles, encoding styles, and protocol bindings.
In this module, you learned:
- The use of SOAP in web services
- The primary elements of a SOAP message
- The transmission of binary data in a SOAP message
- The extensibility features of SOAP
- The role of message handlers
- The messaging styles in a SOAP message
- The encoding styles in a SOAP message
- The protocol binding of a SOAP message
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