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