Feature

The SOAP component is a Binding Component (BC) which enables to interact with external Web Services and to expose JBI services as Web Services.

In provider role, when a JBI MessageExchange is sent to a ServiceEndpoint (mapped to a Web Service), it is transformed into a SOAP message and sent to the linked external web service. In consumer role, when a SOAP message is received on an exposed web service, transformed into a JBI MessageExchange and sent to the corresponding JBI ServiceEndpoint.

The SOAP component is based on Apache Axis2 v1.4.1 (http://ws.apache.org/axis2/) and Mortbay Jetty v6.1.9 (http://jetty.codehaus.org/jetty/). It provides the following features :

• Expose JBI Services as Web Services
• Expose Web Services as JBI Services
• Handle SOAP attachments. The attachments of the incoming SOAP message are placed into the JBI message as attachments; the JBI attachments are placed in the outgoing SOAP message as attachments.

All attachment are processed by using XOP rules.(XML-binary Optimized Packaging : http://www.w3.org/TR/xop10/ )

Exposing an external web service as a JBI service endpoint

In provide mode, the component exposes an external web service in the JBI environment to send SOAP requests to the external web service.

Usage

Configuration

Exposing an internal JBI service endpoint as a web service

In consumer mode, the component exposes an internal JBI service outside the bus to transfer incoming SOAP requests to the internal service.

Usage

Configuration