In this article we will discuss the usage of SAP XI SOAP Adapter. The SOAP adapter enables communication with XI via web services. We will understand the configuration of SOAP sender and SOAP receiver adapter.

SOAP Sender Adapter Configuration

You can create web services within XI and consume them in external applications (say a Web Dynpro Application). In this case, you will need to configure sender SOAP adapter. In my previous articles, I have described how to create Web Services in XI and to consume the generated web services using Web Dynpro.

SOAP Sender Adapter converts incoming SOAP messages into XML. In order to trigger SOAP Adapter, the sending application must send the message to the address in the following format:

http://<hostname>:<port>/ XISOAPAdapter/MessageServlet? channel=
<party>:<service>:<channel>

Do not miss the colons even if the party is not involved. See this article for a detailed idea.

The figure on the right shows a typical configuration of SOAP sender adapter. Specify Transport protocol as HTTP and message protocol as SOAP 1.1. Specify the Security Level as required. Choose the conversion parameters if necessary. In Default XI Parameters provide the name and the namespace of outbound interface. Choose the quality of service. All the three QoS (namely BE, EO and EOIO) are supported.

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