SOAP web service development

Question

Are there any guides / tutorials on how to handle the evolution of a SOAP web service?

I see that modifying existing methods or types probably won't work, but can I just add new methods, complex types, enumeration values ​​without breaking existing clients?

Answer 1

Basically, you should not modify an existing WebService, but you can safely extend it:

• adding new maintenance methods (and any types associated with it),
• adding new optional elements / attributes to existing messages.

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