The "Entry Step" (SOAP)
The Entry Step (required) specifies the protocol (HTTP or HTTPS) and SOAP format (1.1 or 1.2) of the requests that the virtual service will accept. This step is required.
This step allows you to bridge protocols between the consuming application and the native service. For example, suppose you have a native service that is exposed over HTTPS and a consuming application that submits SOAP requests over HTTP. In this situation, you can configure the virtual service's Entry Step to accept HTTP requests and configure its Routing Rule step to route the request to the Web service using HTTPS.
To configure the "Entry Step" (SOAP)
1. Open Software AG Designer and display the CloudStreams Development perspective by clicking Window > Open Perspective > Other > CloudStreams Development. .
2. In the CloudStreams Governance view, expand your CloudStreams Governance project and double-click the virtual service name.
The virtual service editor displays the three main processing steps: In Sequence, Out Sequence and Error Sequence.
3. In the virtual service editor, expand In Sequence.
By default, the In Sequence step contains the sub-steps Entry Step and Routing Rule. (You can add the optional Transform and Invoke IS Service steps, as described later.)
4. Click Entry Step and complete the following fields in the General page in the Properties view.
Option | Description |
Name | You can optionally change the step name to any other name. There are no naming restrictions. |
Type | (Read only.) Entry Step. |
Protocol | The protocol (HTTP or HTTPS) over which the virtual service will accept requests. To specify HTTPS, select both HTTP and SSL. |
Format | The SOAP format (SOAP 1.1 or SOAP 1.2) of the requests that the virtual service will accept. |