http vs soap

[Former Member]

hi,

i think, in webservices development we are using two protocals like https/http and soap .

can u pls tell me wht http/https will do?

can u pls tell me wht soap will do?

in http we have header , body etc....... where as soap how it will work with them.

i am getting confusion that <i><b>how soap will work with http ?</b></i>

regards

Guru

[Former Member]

They are two different layers. The http is communication layer while SOAP is a message format for web services. They are not necessary bount together but http is the most popular protocal used by web services. Of couse they are other protocals for web services such as SMTP, MQ,etc.

Dennis

[Former Member]

hello guru,

HTTP is just the application layer protocol used by the SOAP. SMTP is the other

one however HTTP gained the most popularity. SOAP enables you to exchange

messages in XML and is defined by the SOAP schema. the HTTP body is where

the SOAP message (Envelope) is being contained. the HTTP header defines the

HTTP specific header values just like content-type which for SOAP case is xml.

>i am getting confusion that how soap will work with http ?

just think of SOAP as the grammar of the message being exchanged and HTTP

or SMTP as the medium or channel.

hope this helps.

regards

jo