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[Former Member]

Hi

HTTP and SOAP can be used interchangeably. Just like RFC and Idoc. But when its sync communication we can use only RFC as Idoc doesn't support sync. Like that do we have any cases where we can use ONLY http adapter ? I know that http performs well compared to SOAP but am right now looking for a mutually exclusive case where we can use only HTTP adapter ?

Can some one provide inputs ? I searched many threads in sdn forum regarding the same but could not come across a satisfactory answer.

Regards

Midhun

[former_member206760 · Accepted solution]

if there is a n extrenal web application that cannot send SOAP messages and it can only send Plain HTTP messages which are nothing but XMLs..then u have to go for HTTP ..

obviously if you web server is able to consume and provide SOAP messages then u should use SOAP as it has other usefule features like u can publish the WSDL of that webservice to the service registry and any apllication that can consume that can use it

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Tarang

if there is a n extrenal web application that cannot send SOAP messages and it can only send Plain HTTP messages which are nothing but XMLs..then u have to go for HTTP

All Web applications use wsdl, right ? So why wouldn't they be able to send SOAP Messages ?

[former_member206760 · Accepted solution]

WSDL is the webservice definition language ...if a application does not support sending SOAP messages ...which obviously has a different format than the XML over a plain HTTP.

the simple HTTP applications just have the capability to send the XML in the format u have defined in the sender data type and they send it over the URL that u have provided to them

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Can someone provide any real time scenarios that makes it mandatory to use only HTTP adapter ?

Thanks

Midhun