The SOAP Structure
Learn how to declare SOAP as an XML 1.0 file, declare the XML as SOAP, make a SOAP header and finally, learn how to make a SOAP body. It is really all quite simple.
The first thing you do in a SOAP file is to declare it as an XML 1.0. Make sure that you close this tag later on because this is an XML document.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
Second, declare the XML as SOAP with the following line of code.
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2001/12/soap-envelope" soap:encodingStyle="http://www.w3.org/2001/12/soap-encoding">
Make sure that you close this later on with
</soap:Envelope>
Third, make a soap header.
<soap:Header> ... ... </soap:Header>
Fourth, make a SOAP body. This will include all data including fault data.
<soap:Body> ... ... <soap:Fault> ... ... </soap:Fault> </soap:Body>
That's it! SOAP is simple if you already know XML. Make sure that you follow the XML rules of proper nesting, case sensitivity, and closing tags.
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