Yes, you can use other clients with the Apache SOAP server and vice versa.
See the interoperability section of the user guide docs.
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Umesh Dandekar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 2:01 PM
Subject: newbie question
> Hi,
> I have just started on SOAP, by downloading the apache-soap
> implementation,
> and had a basic question. If my server side is implemented using the
> apache-soap implementation, does the client side neccesarily need to
> have
> the same API? In other words, does the client always need to use apache
> soap stuff? Or is it okay for the client to send a SOAP envelope
> containing
> the correct data? In particular, when I am returning a user defined
> type,
> the apache soap documentation says that we need to do some part on the
> client
> side [specify the serializer, deserializers, and mapping stuff]. What if
> my client does not use the apache-soap stuff? Will it still work?
>
> Appreciate your help.
> thanks,
> ~umesh
>
