Creating implicit SOAP headers for outbound web service integrations

SOAP headers are used to communicate application-specific context information within SOAP request and response messages. This context information can be anything that you need to send along with the web service operation parameters. An implicit SOAP header is one that is not defined in the web service WSDL document. As part of your outbound web service integrations, you can add implicit SOAP headers to your web service request messages and retrieve SOAP headers from response messages.

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Note: The Header tab in the Properties view for web services is deprecated. The method for adding implicit SOAP headers described here is now the preferred method.

The SOAP 1.2 protocol is not supported in the Header tab. The Parameter Details and Header Details cannot be used if you select the SOAP 1.2 protocol from the Implementation tab.

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