The SOAP component provides Web services integration within the Service Bus as described in the OW2 Petals SOAP Component guide. The DSB heavily uses the SOAP component and adds some features for easier use.

The SOAP component is bundled by default in the DSB distribution. Its lifecycle is directly mapped to the DSB one so that it is started when the DSB starts and stopped when needed.

The SOAP component provides those additional features at the DSB level:

• Easy port configuration: no need to use JMX at startup but configuration file which is easier for tests...
• WS-Addressing support: The component provides a WSAddressing endpoint which can be use to send SOAP messages to external Web services without any additional artifact deployment.
• Service Registry: When services are bound or exposed, the SOAP component share some information with the DSB kernel. For example, the SOAP component publishes endpoints of bound services or exposed services in a registry which is shared with the kernel. By doing that, the kernel management component can use this information for additional processing.
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