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The Web Service agents communicate through SOAP in XML syntax, and use WSDL files.
The Web Service agents support:
Web Service Interoperability Organization Basic Profile 1.1
WSDL 1.1
XML 1.0
SOAP 1.1
Partial support of Web Service Security 1.1
HTTP 1.1
HTTP Basic Access Authentication
Updatable Authorization header per request
HTTPS
- IPv4 and IPv6
The mustUnderstand attribute is only supported in Web Service Security headers.
You enable Web Service transactions in by defining a WS profile, or profiles, and including the Web Service agents and their configurations in a workflow.
Web Service Profile
In the WS profile you specify a WSDL file that mainly includes the following parts of a Web Service definition:
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Saving a WS profile that is assigned with a WSDL file, maps data types that are specified in the WSDL Schema section as UDR types for the workflow. For further information, see 9.8384.3 Web Service UDR Type Structure.
The Web Service Agents
There are two Web Service agents that you can include in real-time workflows in the w:
The Web Service collection agent
The Web Service processing agent
Web Service Collection Agent
The collecting agent works in the same way as a Service Provider, or server, in the sense that it receives requests from a client, or clients, and transfers the requests to a workflow.
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The Web Service Provider - asynchronous operation
Web Service Processing Agent
The processing agent works in the same way as a Service Requester, or a client, that sends a request to a server, where a certain service is available.
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