Difference between SOAP adapter & WebService Adapter

[Former Member]

Hi

I am trying to consume an external REST based webservice. So, do i have to use SOAP adapter or a web service adapter??

What is the difference between the two?? Pls explain.

I am using XI7.10

Regards

Chandra Sekhar

[Former Member]

Hi;

Have a look

/people/siva.maranani/blog/2005/09/03/invoke-webservices-using-sapxi

Mudit

[Former Member]

Hi Chandra Sekhar,

As explained above, even I havent heard of adapter called WebService Adapter.

To add......if u wnat to check out the details of SOAP adapter.......

SOAP Adapter: SOAP Adapter converts the SOAP messages into SAP XI message format that is SOAP with header attachments. This in an area many needs to really concentrate as it is heart of the ESA literature going forward.

Refer Testing XI exposed Web-Services:

/people/siva.maranani/blog/2005/03/01/testing-xi-exposed-web-services

and Invoking XI Webservices:

/people/siva.maranani/blog/2005/09/03/invoke-webservices-using-sapxi

RFC to WebService - A Complete Walkthrough - Part 1

/people/shabarish.vijayakumar/blog/2006/03/23/rfc--xi--webservice--a-complete-walkthrough-part-1

and RFC -> XI -> WebService - A Complete Walkthrough -Part 2.

/people/shabarish.vijayakumar/blog/2006/03/28/rfc--xi--webservice--a-complete-walkthrough-part-2

You can down load a sample SOAP Client tool from SAP SOAP Client Tool.

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/downloads

Please refer How to Set Up a Web Service-Related Scenario with SAP XI for delving more deep.

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/befdeb90-0201-0010-059b-f22...

Hope this was helpful.

kanan

[Former Member]

Hey

there is nothing like webservice adapter,you actually use SOAP adapter to communicate with webservices.

thanx

Ahmad

[Former Member]

Hi

What is the difference between the two?? Pls explain.

<b>There is no such thing as webservice adapter

</b>

regards

krishna

[Former Member]

So, do i have to use SOAP adapter or a web service adapter??

<b>Only SOAP adapter</b>

regards

krishna