SOAP and WSDL Interfaces

SSC supports the main industry standards for Web Services: SOAP for remote procedure calls, and WSDL for service discovery.

SOAP is an Extensible Markup Language (XML) based messaging protocol, which is usually delivered using HTTP. This combination is widely supported in diverse environments and can be easily deployed over local or wide networks. Most modern languages and platforms provide support for SOAP.

Note: The SOAP API provides functions to authenticate the user and return security vouchers. However, you do not need to use the SOAP API functions to authenticate users for each individual payload run (getting a new voucher for each run). For details of the Security API, contact Support.

WSDL is a high level description of the Web Services that a system makes available. SSC dynamically generates WSDL documents on demand that list the available component methods. This can be used to automatically configure certain client software packages.

SOAP Implementation
ComponentExecutor
SecurityProvider
LicensingProvider
LocatorServiceProvider.