SOAP defines a messaging protocol between requester and provider objects, such that the requesting objects can perform a remote method invocation on the providing objects in an object-oriented programming fashion.

• SOAP在请求者和提供者对象之间定义了一个通讯协议,这样,在面向对象编程流行的环境中,该请求对象可以在提供的对象上执行远程方法调用。