SOAP Message Generation
Common Use Cases
Common Use Cases
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SOAP Interpretation

The first logical unit of labour given a SOAP message is XML parsing. This process is delegated to the Apache Xerces XML parser, which turns a data stream into a data structure. The SOAP semantics are then applied to the data structure--leading if the process is successful to:

1. a method name and a list of actual input parameters, in the case of a SOAP request
2. a method name and a list of actual output parameters, in the case of a SOAP response

If the interpretation process fails, the reason for the failure is logged.