Herong's Tutorial Notes on Web Service and SOAP
Dr. Herong Yang, Version 3.00

Web Method Feature

This section describes the SOAP Web Method Feature, its properties and processing rules.

Web Method Feature is SOAP feature that can be used with Request-Response Message Exchange Pattern or Response Message Exchange Pattern. This feature allows SOAP nodes to communicate to each other with an extra information indicates a Web method name. The feature name is: http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap/bindingFramework/ExchangeContext
/ExchangePatternName = http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap/features/web-method/

Web Method Feature defines the following additional SOAP properties:

8. Web Method: Used to specify the method name of predefined Web methods similar to those used in the HTTP protocol. This property is named as: http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap/features/web-method/Method and having possible values of "GET", "POST", "PUT", and "DELETE".

Sections in This Chapter

What Are SOAP Message Exchange Patterns?

Request-Response Message Exchange Pattern

Response Message Exchange Pattern

Web Method Feature

SOAP Action Feature

Dr. Herong Yang, updated in 2007
Web Method Feature