WS adapter vs. SOAP adapter

[Former Member]

Hello SDNers,

in PI 7.1, we have WS adapter available. What is the difference between WS adapter and SOAP adapter? Does it mean that WS adapter offer web service standard feature like RM, SAML, while SOAP adapter does not?

Would appreciate if somebody can brief the difference.

Thanks

Jayson

[Former Member]

Hi Jayson,

One fundamental difference between WS adapter and SOAP adapter is that the module tab is disabled in WS adapter, which is not the case in SOAP adapter where you can send attachents with the help of SOAP AXIS adapter.

Thanks

Biswajit

[stefan_grube]

WS adapter uses WS-RM protocol. This is an extended SOAP protocol.

The connected system has to support this protocol.

For Webservice, you choose SOAP adapter. SAML is supported by SOAP adapter as well.

Regards

Stefan

[former_member693210]

hi Stefan

Can you please tell in the link [original link is broken] that you gave , where it is mentioned that SOAP adapter supports SAML, i need this ,because i am unable to configure using soap adapter only ws adapter supports saml. can you please clarify this.

thanks

sandeep

Edited by: Vipin Singh on Feb 18, 2011 6:39 PM

Edited by: Vipin Singh on Feb 18, 2011 6:39 PM

[baskar_gopalakrishnan2]

As of now, Only WS adapter supports SAML and WS-RM. SOAP adapter does not support SAML.

@Stefan: Please correct me if I am wrong.

WS Adapter works in IE (ABAP Stack).

Edited by: Baskar Gopal on Feb 20, 2011 11:50 AM

[agasthuri_doss]

Hi,

The Below Document will give an idea

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/304335f7-f33c-2a10-ae80-9c9ffdc8...

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/109aa318-5aa6-2a10-799d-a495383c...

Cheers

Agasthuri Doss