Re: SOAPAction and Default Action

Exactly. Both should be considered same. I kinda equate it to setting a 
variable to a void or a function defined to return a void not returning 
anything etc.

I take it can be in the eye of the beholder. In either case, I guess we 
are all not disagreeing that a clarification (or firming up of the 
language) is useful.

Regards,
Prasad

Arun Gupta wrote:

>
> Anish,
>
> R2745 in BP 1.1 [1] defines both the absence of SOAPAction or it's 
> value as empty string as empty string in the HTTP header field. I 
> interpret that as empty string is not a valid value and thus implicit 
> Action header should be generated in the SOAP message if SOAPAction is 
> either not present or present with an empty string.
>
> [1] http://www.ws-i.org/Profiles/BasicProfile-1.1-2004-08-24.html#R2745
>
> -Arun
>
> Anish Karmarkar wrote:
>
>> Prasad,
>>
>> I tend to think the exact opposite. An empty string is a value, so I 
>> tend to think of #2 as having specified the SOAPAction value.
>>
>> -Anish
>> -- 
>>
>> Prasad Yendluri wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Arun,
>>>
>>> Since it says "where a SOAPAction _value _is specified",  I tend to 
>>> think it covers #2 also, as a value had not been specified for 
>>> SOAPAction, considering empty string is not a "value". I agree 
>>> however that it would be clearer to exclude SOAPAction empty string 
>>> case explicitly.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Prasad
>>>
>>> Arun Gupta wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Section 4.4.1 of WSDL Binding [1] says:
>>>>
>>>> -- cut here --
>>>> In the absence of a wsaw:Action attribute on a WSDL input element 
>>>> where a SOAPAction value is specified, the value of the [action] 
>>>> property for the input message is the value of the SOAPAction 
>>>> specified.
>>>> -- cut here --
>>>>
>>>> Consider the following 3 different SOAP bindings for an operation 
>>>> in WSDL 1.1:
>>>>
>>>> 1). <soap:operation soapAction="bindingSOAPAction"/>
>>>>
>>>> 2). <soap:operation soapAction=""/>
>>>>
>>>> 3). <soap:operation/>
>>>>
>>>> In 1)., SOAPAction is clearly specified. In 3). SOAPAction is 
>>>> clearly not specified. Should 2). be considered as specified or not 
>>>> specified ?
>>>>
>>>> A literal reading of the spec will mean that SOAPAction is 
>>>> specified, even though blank. I've seen 2). as a more common style 
>>>> in WSDLs. If there happens to more than one operation in a portType 
>>>> (not uncommon at all) and all the operation use 2)., then all the 
>>>> operations will have exactly same wsa:Action within a portType.
>>>>
>>>> I think the wording of the spec should be changed to specify that 
>>>> only a non-empty SOAPAction overrides the default Action.
>>>>
>>>> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/CR-ws-addr-wsdl-20060529/#explicitaction
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> -Arun
>>>
>

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