24 WebSphere and .Net Interoperability Using Web Services
The deployment descriptors (web.xml and webservices.xml) point the request to
the service endpoint - in this example the LGIClaimRegistration EJB. The SOAP
Body outermost entry name is mapped to the corresponding method in the EJB.
2.7 Summary: Salient interoperability features of SOAP
In summary, what are the features of the SOAP specification that have made it a
good protocol for application interoperability?
It is based on XML. XML is widely accepted and XML parsers exist on
virtually all software platforms
It uses XML schemas to provide type information rather than a programming
language specific type system
It restricts itself to the presentation layer (layer 7) of the ISO co ...