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Posted to java-user@axis.apache.org by Shravan Samindla <ss...@opnet.com> on 2004/03/29 10:52:50 UTC

SOAP intermediaries

Hi,
 From what I know, the information about transport binding in the WSDL only 
applies to the first hop ( on the SOAP message path) and the specification 
doesn't specify how the transports are determined on the intermediate hops.

What determines the transport choice on the intermediate hops? Is it the 
implementation of the application (over SOAP i.e., the processing model for 
headers) at the intermediaries? Is it determined from the routing tables 
(like referral cache)? Or is it specified by the next node on the way? or 
by the ultimate receiver (service provider) ?

Apologies if I am technically incorrect at any point.

thanx,
Shr.