javax.xml.soap
Class SOAPConnection

java.lang.Object
  javax.xml.soap.SOAPConnection

public abstract class SOAPConnection
extends Object

A point-to-point connection that a client can use for sending messages directly to a remote party (represented by a URL, for instance).

The SOAPConnection class is optional. Some implementations may not implement this interface in which case the call to SOAPConnectionFactory.newInstance() (see below) will throw an UnsupportedOperationException.

A client can obtain a SOAPConnection object using a SOAPConnectionFactory object as in the following example:

      SOAPConnectionFactory factory = SOAPConnectionFactory.newInstance();
      SOAPConnection con = factory.createConnection();
 

A SOAPConnection object can be used to send messages directly to a URL following the request/response paradigm. That is, messages are sent using the method call, which sends the message and then waits until it gets a reply.

Constructor Summary

SOAPConnection()

Method Summary

abstract SOAPMessage	call(SOAPMessage request, Object to) Sends the given message to the specified endpoint and blocks until it has returned the response.
abstract void	close() Closes this SOAPConnection object.
SOAPMessage	get(Object to) Gets a message from a specific endpoint and blocks until it receives,

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object