You can use the Axis framework in the SOAP adapter. Axis stands for Apache extensible Interaction System. The framework is provided by the Apache Software Foundation. You can use Axis version 1.4 in the SOAP adapter.
More information: ws.apache.org/axis/
Handlers in the Axis Framework
Handlers are important elements of the Axis framework. They are processing steps at runtime that process and forward a message. You can assemble them into processing chains like modules in the module processor.
The following modules are provided for using the Axis framework in the SOAP adapter:
You use the module to call the Axis handler that you want to use.
You use the module at the boundary between message processing in the Adapter Framework and in the Axis framework.
The response message takes the opposite path.
The Adapter Framework module converts the Axis SOAP message to an Adapter-Framework-compliant message and forwards it to the adapter module.
The response message takes the opposite path.
The Axis framework provides the following: