SOAP is an XML messaging protocol. In a nutshell, it involves taking Java objects, representing them in XML, sending them across a network and converting them back to Java.
Originally posted by Jim Baiter: SOAP is an XML messaging protocol. In a nutshell, it involves taking Java objects, representing them in XML, sending them across a network and converting them back to Java.
What is advantage of using SOAP, XML in java? I mean what is purpose using it? Thanks a lot, Angela
Angela, you can find the answers to nearly all of your questions by simply browsing back through the topics in this forum. I would suggest you start here and read down through some of these listed URL's. After you've read some of the introductory material you should understand things better. Kyle