Integration Server version 8.2 introduces support for web service features, such as SOAP over JMS, and WS-Policy based WS-Security configuration, that are available through the current web services stack. Some of the features and behavior included in the current web services stack are not compatible with the features and run-time behavior of web service descriptors created on the earlier version of the web services stack, specifically the web services stack available in Integration Server versions 7.x, 8.0, and 8.0 SP1.

To ensure that web service descriptors developed on the earlier version of the web services stack execute as expected, web service descriptors now have a Pre-8.2 compatibility mode property. This property determines the version of the web services stack on which the web service descriptor runs. The version of the web service stack used by the web service descriptor determines the design-time features and run-time behavior for the web service descriptor. The value of the Pre-8.2 compatibility mode property indicates the version of the web service stack with which the web service descriptor is compatible: