You can convert applications into web applications. And implement different programs written in different or the same language to communicate, by publishing services, generating clients, and calling the interface directly.
WSDL
- WSDL stands for Web Services Description Language
- WSDL is written in XML
- WSDL is an XML document
- WSDL is used to describe web services
- WSDL can also be used to locate web services
- WSDL is not yet a W3C standard
(Web Services Description Language) is an XML-based language for describing Web Services and how to access them.
SOAP
SOAP is a simple XML-based protocol that enables applications to exchange information over HTTP.
- SOAP stands for Simple Object Access Protocol
- SOAP is a communication protocol
- SOAP is used for communication between applications
- SOAP is a format for sending messages
- SOAP was designed to communicate over the Internet
- SOAP is platform independent
- SOAP is language independent
- SOAP is XML based
- SOAP is simple and extensible
- SOAP allows you to bypass firewalls
- SOAP will be developed as a W3C standard
The technologies for implementing webservice mainly include CXF, Xfire, axis, etc., but the cxf method is the most commonly used now, because cxf is better integrated with springj.