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.