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SOAP/JMS and SOAP/HTTP transport protocols

SOAP/JMS and SOAP/HTTP are responsible for transporting messages between network applications.

In most cases, web services are implemented using SOAP/HTTP as a transport protocol. WebSphere ESB supports both SOAP/JMS and SOAP/HTTP protocols in their implementation of JAX-RPC and JAX-WS bindings. In many cases, SOAP/JMS is selected due to its reliability. But there are other factors to consider when selecting between SOAP/JMS or SOAP/HTTP.

Consider using SOAP/HTTP for:

Consider using SOAP/JMS for:

Also consider using the JMS import and export bindings with the SOAP data handler.

Web service binding