| The root class for all SOAP messages. As transmitted on the "wire", a SOAP message is an XML
document or a MIME message whose first body part is an XML/SOAP document.
A SOAPMessage object consists of a SOAP part and optionally one or more
attachment parts. The SOAP part for a SOAPMessage object is a SOAPPart
object, which contains information used for message routing and identification, and which can
contain application-specific content. All data in the SOAP Part of a message must be in XML
format.
A new SOAPMessage object contains the following by default:
- A
SOAPPart object
- A
SOAPEnvelope object
- A
SOAPBody object
- A
SOAPHeader object The SOAP part of a message can be retrieved by
calling the method SOAPMessage.getSOAPPart(). The SOAPEnvelope object
is retrieved from the SOAPPart object, and the SOAPEnvelope object is
used to retrieve the SOAPBody and SOAPHeader objects. SOAPPart
sp = message.getSOAPPart(); SOAPEnvelope se = sp.getEnvelope(); SOAPBody sb = se.getBody();
SOAPHeader sh = se.getHeader();
In addition to the mandatory SOAPPart object, a SOAPMessage object
may contain zero or more AttachmentPart objects, each of which contains
application-specific data. The SOAPMessage interface provides methods for creating
AttachmentPart objects and also for adding them to a SOAPMessage
object. A party that has received a SOAPMessage object can examine its contents by
retrieving individual attachment parts.
Unlike the rest of a SOAP message, an attachment is not required to be in XML format and can
therefore be anything from simple text to an image file. Consequently, any message content that
is not in XML format must be in an AttachmentPart object.
A MessageFactory object creates new SOAPMessage objects. If the
MessageFactory object was initialized with a messaging Profile, it produces
SOAPMessage objects that conform to that Profile. For example, a
SOAPMessage object created by a MessageFactory object initialized with
the ebXML Profile will have the appropriate ebXML headers.
See Also: MessageFactory
See Also: MessageFactory
See Also: AttachmentPart
See Also: AttachmentPart | 