SOAP Version 1.2 in a nutshell (2/2)
- Processing model
- Sent from a sender to a receiver, possibly via intermediaries
- Headers:
- Can be addressed to certain intermediaries
- Can be marked as mandatory
- Body addressed to the ultimate receiver
- Can be transfered from one node to another using any underlying
protocol (e.g. HTTP): SOAP binding
- Extensibility model:
- Expressed as features and properties
- Implemented either as headers or in the binding
