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user1448031
user1448031

Reputation: 2166

Does SOAP always need WSDL?

Does SOAP always need WSDL or can it work without WSDL? I've been doing some reading on the internet and it's making me confused.

From what I can see, SOAP request can contain the message in the XML: http://www.w3schools.com/soap/soap_example.asp. Then why do I need WSDL? Or does it depend on how the SOAP service is set up in the server end?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 3372

Answers (1)

MikeThomas
MikeThomas

Reputation: 554

WSDL is a description of the service (Web Service Description Language). It is mainly used to a) describe the service in a non-ambiguous way, and b) allow tools to generate client and/or server code, which make building, and interacting with, the service easier.

You can certainly implement, or interact with, a SOAP service "by hand" but you wouldn't want to.

Upvotes: 6

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