SOAP Runtime

[Former Member]

Hello,

making inquiries about Web Services I came across SOAP Runtime. Can someone tell me how SOAP Runtime fits in the Web Services Framework of Web AS? Is it necessary? Or an alternative way to make RFC-capable modules accesible?

Thank you in advance

Felipe Hernandez

[Former Member]

Hi Felipe,

The SOAP Runtime is the runtime environment for doing web service communication with WebAS. It is independent from the RFC implementation. When you need to do any web service based communication (i.e. SOAP over HTTP/HTTPS), the communcation will be processed thruogh this runtime.

WebAS 6.40 provides 2 communcation ways for calling a function module/BAPI. You can use the traditional way which is RFC (in that case the SOAP runtime is not involved). Or you can communicate through open-standard web service (in this case the SOAP runtime process the communication). The later you have to expose the function module as web service.

Regards,

Marc

[Former Member]

Hello Marc,

thank you, that answers my question.

I have seen your Webcasts on Web Services for Java and ABAP, keep on the good work!

Felipe

[Peter_Inotai]

Hi Felipe,

I'd suggest to check service.sap.com/connectors

SOAP Processor -> Media Library

There you can find some presentation about SOAP in WAS 6.20 and 6.40.

Regards,

Peter

[Former Member]

Thanks Peter, I will follow that lead.