As part of the Web services functionality, the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) servlet in EAServer provides you with a way to make your EAServer components accessible to your customers with minimal firewall constraints, platform dependencies, or complex development implementations involving Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) or Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA).
SOAP allows applications to communicate using existing Internet technologies (such as HTTP, URLs, SSL, and XML) and the HTTP or HTTPS port. While SOAP does not mandate which transfer protocol to use, it is the combination of SOAP and HTTP that allows you to invoke remote procedures, even through firewalls.
See the SOAP information pages for more information.
