SOAP Adapter Overview

The following table shows an overview of the adapter characteristics:

Characteristic	Values	More Information
Transport Protocol	Sender adapter: HTTP Receiver adapter: HTTP/HTTPS SMTP/SMTPS Axis sender: Servlet Task Axis receiver: HTTP(S) SMTP File Generic	Axis Framework: Axis Framework in the SOAP Adapter
Message Protocol	SOAP 1.1 XI 3.0 Axis: SOAP 1.1 SOAP 1.2
Quality of Service	Best Effort Exactly Once Exactly Once In Order	Quality of Service Ensuring Exactly Once in the Sender Adapter
Attachments	Sender adapter Receiver adapter
Attributes in Message Header	Sender and receiver Not for Axis
Acknowledgments		Acknowledgment Support in the Adapter Engine
Module Processor	You can add modules in the module chain of the sender and receiver adapters. You can add Axis handlers and modules to the Axis SOAP adapter.	Module Processor
Security		SAP NetWeaver PI Security Guide
Mapping Lookups	You can use the receiver SOAP adapter for mapping lookups.