SOAP, formerly known as Simple Object Access Protocol, is a messaging
standard. SOAP is very broad and general. Technically, it can support
request-response, as well as fire-and-forget communication. The
underlying protocol is typically HTTP, but there’s nothing against using
message brokers. Or even good old SMTP. You know, the one for exchanging
e-mails. The communication happens through XML messages. These messages
are well-defined and structured. XML schema is agreed upon before any
communication.
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