When an API is being leveraged, it will encapsulate its data for transmission back to the requesting party or service.
What is the data encapsulation used with the SOAP protocol referred to as?
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A. B. C. D.D.
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) encapsulates its information in what is known as a SOAP envelope.
It then leverages common communications protocols for transmission.
Object is a type of cloud storage, but also a commonly used term with certain types of programming languages.
Packet and payload are terms that sound similar to envelope but are not correct in this case.
When an API (Application Programming Interface) is used to transmit data between different software applications or systems, it needs to encapsulate the data in a specific format. SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is one such protocol that is often used for this purpose.
In SOAP, the data is encapsulated in an XML (Extensible Markup Language) format that includes a header and a body. The header contains information about the message, such as the sender, receiver, and the type of message. The body contains the actual data being transmitted.
The encapsulation used with the SOAP protocol is referred to as an "envelope". The SOAP envelope is a mandatory component of a SOAP message and contains the header and body elements. It is responsible for identifying the XML document as a SOAP message and defining its overall structure.
So, the correct answer to the given question is option D - "Envelope".