Mention the advantages of SOAP web services?

SOAP is messaging based Web service that has been around for a while and enjoys almost all the benefits of long-term use. The following are few notable advantages of using SOAP web services:

• It is a language independent platform.
• It works well in a distributed runtime environment.
• SOAP payload can be received or obtained by web services and the platform information is entirely unrecognizable.
• SOAP uses XML structures for data transmission.
• It is very simple as compared with the COBRA, RMI, etc.
• It eliminates firewall problems as it uses HTTP.
• SOAP can also be used in combination with other protocols as well.
• It is the vendor neutral.