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Application programming interface to the simple object access protocol

  • US 6,904,600 B1
  • Filed: 06/29/2000
  • Issued: 06/07/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for an application to communicate with a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) software object, in order to communicate with a procedure on a remote server via the Simple Object Access Protocol, comprising the steps of:

  • issuing, by the application, a call to initialize the SOAP software object, said initialization including specifying the procedure on the remote server;

    issuing, by the application, a call to set a body of a SOAP request to be used by the SOAP software object, using a set of parameters to specify said body;

    issuing, by the application, a call to the SOAP software object, in order that the SOAP request be sent to the remote server;

    issuing, by the application, a call to query the SOAP software object to obtain status information;

    issuing, by the application, a call to query the SOAP software object to obtain response information sent from the procedure on the remote server; and

    issuing, by the application, a call to set a header in the SOAP request to be used by the SOAP software object, including in said header a value for a mustUnderstand attribute.

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