But, it applies to EJB application just as it applied to previous technologies. Read article here . When is SOAP a good idea in a project. By Billy Newport, EJB Consultant. SOAP is basically an XML marshalling mechanism for RPC calls.
People have a tendency to use the latest technology for no other reason than 'just because'.
This article gives the reasons why SOAP may be appropriate in conjunction with session beans and when it makes little sense. Read article here . By By Billy Newport, EJB Consultant. This 4 part series shows how to integrate SOAP with EJB using Apache SOAP, Visual Age and Websphere. The article is useful to anybody using SOAP regardless of which server you're using as it shows how to write the server adapter code for binding SOAP to session beans, use SOAP via SSL and more.