Authenticate Web Service Using SOAPHEADER
The SOAP Message Architecture
The SOAP message architecture consists of an Envelope which contains an optional Header and a compulsory Body element, as illustrated in Figure 10-5. The Body element includes the data specific to the message. The optional Header element encloses some extra information related to the message. Each child element of the Header element is called a SOAP header. You can employ SOAP headers in ASP.NET Web services to incorporate additional information with SOAP messages. As the SOAP specification doesn't strictly define the contents of a SOAP header, the header usually contains information processed by the infrastructure. <soap:Header> may be used to exchange information, such ...
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