Better SOAP Interfaces With Header Elements

By Benoit Marchal
2004-01-26

Header elements and the AXIS toolkit

SOAP, the Simple Object Access Protocol, is an evolving W3C standard. Developed by IBM, Microsoft, DevelopMentor, and UserLand Software for the exchange of information over a network, SOAP stands at the point where three technologies -- Remote Procedure Call (RPC), XML, and Web applications -- are converging. The combination is new so developers are still learning how to deploy it most effectively. In most first-generation applications, SOAP is a replacement for another RPC standard such as RMI or CORBA. But as this tip illustrates, SOAP can offer more.

Tutorial Pages:
» Header elements and the AXIS toolkit
» Intranet and Internet services
» Header elements in AXIS
» Conclusion
» Resources

First published by IBM developerWorks

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