Java Socket and HttpURLConnection for SOAP

SOAP Web Service Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - Version 5.10, by Dr. Herong Yang

SOAP Web Service Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples

∟Java Socket and HttpURLConnection for SOAP

This chapter provides tutorial examples and notes on using java.net.Socket and java.net.HttpURLConnection classes to send HTTP requests with SOAP XML messages. Topics include writing socket client and server programs for request and response communication; writing HttpURLConnection programs to send NumberToWords SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2 XML messages.

SocketRequestResponse.java - Socket Client Testing Program

SocketRequestResponseServer.java - Socket Server Testing Program

Capturing the HTTP Request from a Browser

"read(byteBuf) = -1" Not Working

Using java.net.HttpURLConnection to Send SOAP Messages

Using HttpURLConnection to Call SOAP 1.1

Capturing HTTP Request Generated by the HttpURLConnection Class

Calling NumberToWords SOAP 1.1 Web Service

Using HttpURLConnection to Call SOAP 1.2

Calling NumberToWords SOAP 1.2 Web Service

Conclusions:

java.net.Socket class can be used to send HTTP requests with SOAP 1.1 and 1.2 XML messages.
java.net.HttpURLConnection class can also be used to send HTTP requests with SOAP 1.1 and 1.2 XML messages.
Thanks to dataaccess.com for providing the NumberToWords Web service.

Table of Contents

About This Book

Introduction to Web Service

Introduction to SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)

SOAP Message Structure

SOAP Message Transmission and Processing

SOAP Data Model

SOAP Encoding

SOAP RPC Presentation

SOAP Properties Model

SOAP MEP (Message Exchange Patterns)

SOAP HTTP Binding