BizTalk Fixes a Few SOAP Problems
Throughout the book, we examined various problems with SOAP. For example, you know that toolkits from different vendors don’t necessarily interoperate well. Although the SOAP specification provides a description of features such as attachments, none of the existing toolkits provides this support. In short, SOAP toolkits have a long way to go. However, BizTalk does provide a few solutions to your SOAP woes.
One way that BizTalk improves on the capabilities of native SOAP is by providing guaranteed one-time delivery. This isn’t the same as providing transactions, but it does come close. A guaranteed one-time delivery means that you have fewer worries that the document will disappear in transit. However, this guarantee ...
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