Re: Comments on SOAP 1.2 Part 1

Anne,

Just a clarification on one of your points. I agree with the others.

Jean-Jacques.

Anne Thomas Manes wrote:

> 2.4 Understanding SOAP Headers. Question.
> Is it true that if a "mustUnderstand" header is targeted at a specific role,
> but the message is never routed through a node that assumes that role, then
> the header is never processed, and the Ultimate Receiver can simply ignore
> it?

Yes. (But this was discussed at length.)

> Is there a way to specify that a message must not be processed if
> certain headers have not been processed (i.e., a true "mandatory" header)?

No, there is no such mechanism currently.

> Or is this left as an undefined extension feature or a proprietary SOAP
> server feature?

This feature is indeed left to a possible future extension.

Received on Friday, 19 July 2002 09:25:18 UTC