Re: SOAP/XML Protocol and filtering, etc.

> SOAP messages can take many forms. SOAPAction provides the information
> needed by a generic message broker to dispatch a message to the appropriate
> handler, without requiring the message broker to have intimate knowledge of
> each SOAP message structure. The SOAPAction can serve as a "key" into a
> table of message processors. IMO, SOAPAction is conceptually similar to the
> MIME Content-type.

HTTP servers do not dispatch on content-type.

either you're dispatching on the URI or you're breaking compatibility with
HTTP.  

Keith

Received on Tuesday, 8 May 2001 01:24:22 UTC