Patent ID: 7702900

Claim:
A computer-implemented system for managing security using a soap message; comprising: a handler stored on a computer readable storage medium and executable by a processor, the handler comprising a set of customizable classes containing selectable parameters that specify one of a web services security version and a web services security draft related to at least one security component, the handler is distributed to an external entity to promote communication with a web services security architecture; and a plurality of custom handlers, each of the plurality of custom handlers created by selection of a different group of at least some of the selectable parameters of the set of customizable classes of the handler, each of the plurality of custom handlers stored on a computer readable storage medium and executable by a processor to insert the at least one security component into a security portion of a corresponding SOAP message based on the specified one of the web services security version and the web services security draft related to the at least one security component, wherein each of the plurality of custom handlers is created to determine whether the web services security architecture can properly process the at least one security component in the corresponding SOAP message, and wherein a first one of the plurality of custom handlers is executable to insert the at least one security component into a first security portion of a first SOAP message such that the web services security architecture properly processes the at least one security component in the first SOAP message.