[junto]

.NET WCF to another WCF integration is fine, but if you try and hook a .NET SOAP webservice to one written in Java, and you'll have pulled all of your hair out after two weeks. The reverse is just the same. They all have slightly different implementations of the specifications.

Make that one week if you have to start dealing with the monster that is called WS-* a.k.a. WS-WTF.

I wrote an article on this many moons ago. It is still one of my most frequently read posts: https://benpowell.org/supporting-the-ws-i-basic-profile-pass...

It just goes to show how many SOAP integrations are still going on in the "enterprise".