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danish dani
danish dani

Reputation: 653

what are the differnt in <req:xxx> and <ns1:xxx> in SOAP request

Can anybody explain the difference between <req:xxx> and <ns1:xxx> usage in soap request xml schema .?

eg:-

1st SOAP request XML Schema

  <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:req="http://olp.bank.com/payement/service/olppaymentmanager/req">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <req:initiatePaymentDetailsReq>
         <olpIdAlias>****</olpIdAlias>
         <merchantId>****</merchantId>
         <merchantRefNum>234324</merchantRefNum>
         <paymentAmount>200</paymentAmount>
         <paymentCurrency>SAR</paymentCurrency>
         <dynamicMerchantLandingURL></dynamicMerchantLandingURL>
         <dynamicMerchantFailureURL></dynamicMerchantFailureURL>
      </req:initiatePaymentDetailsReq>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

2nd XML Request schema

<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ns1="urn:brsmembersapi" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
  <SOAP-ENV:Body>
    <ns1:ValidateMemberLogin>
      <login xsi:type="ns1:LoginCredentials">
        <clientAPIVersion xsi:type="xsd:int">0</clientAPIVersion>
        <username xsi:type="xsd:string">someapiusername</username>
        <password xsi:type="xsd:string">someapipassword</password>
      </login>
      <memberLogin xsi:type="ns1:MemberLoginCredentials">
        <username xsi:type="xsd:string">somememberusername</username>
        <password xsi:type="xsd:string">somememberpassword</password>
      </memberLogin>
      </ns1:ValidateMemberLogin>
  </SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

in first soap request using <req:> eg:-<req:initiatePaymentDetailsReq> in second soap request <ns1:> eg:-<ns1:ValidateMemberLogin> what are the diffrent between them.?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1340

Answers (1)

Michael Kay
Michael Kay

Reputation: 163458

The fact that the namespace prefixes are different is purely cosmetic, you can choose any namespace prefix you like, as its only purpose is to act as a local abbreviation for the namespace URI.

But the fact that the two messages use different namespace URIs is extremely significant. (One uses http://olp.bank.com/payement/service/olppaymentmanager/req, the other uses urn:brsmembersapi) This means that the two messages are using completely different vocabularies defined by different people and meaning different things.

It's hard to "explain the difference" when there is no similarity - it's like asking for an explanation of the difference between archaeology and Beaujolais.

Upvotes: 1

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