The purpose of SOAP is to enable transparent - language- and
platform-independent - access to services. Until recently, getting Microsoft-
and Java-based SOAP applications to work together has been difficult.
Using the newest SOAP implementations, this article demonstrates how to use
SOAP's RPC messaging between Microsoft ASPs and Java JSPs and servlets.
As the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) works to stabilize its recommendation
for SOAP and SOAP-related technologies, transparent access to services
continues to be problematic. Creating a SOAP application for a single
platform, like just Microsoft or just Java, usually works well. However,
getting it to work across platforms, like across Microsoft and Java, can be
challenging. Often, to avoid cross-platform interoperabili... (more)