Overview

The SOAP (Simple object access protocol) adapter is a solution where Link can interpret the SOAP request and response messages and provide easy mapping to and from the SOAP endpoints. The SOAP adapter is a consumer of Web services.

The SOAP adapter is a kind of framework which addresses the following key features:
  • Integration of different SOAP services rather than custom programming APIs.
  • Solution to readily call any SOAP service and provide easy mapping to and from the SOAP endpoints.
The SOAP adapter includes the following basic functionality:
  • HTTP/HTTPS support.
  • GET/POST methods.
  • Multiple authentication schemes: Basic, OAuth 2.0 (more to be provided in later release).
  • Multipart data.