<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true">SOAPMessage class in javax.xml.soap package provides an abstraction for processing SOAP messages in Java applications.Maven dependencies: jakarta.xml.soap-api for SOAP API interfaces and saaj-impl for SOAPMessage implementation.Java program converts a raw SOAP XML string to a SOAPMessage object using MessageFactory and InputStream.Conversion includes wrapping the XML string in an InputStream for MessageFactory.createMessage() method.The process ensures proper character encoding with StandardCharsets.UTF_8.Output after conversion is a well-formed SOAP envelope.MessageFactory is crucial for creating SOAPMessage instances from different input sources.The article explains the conversion process using Jakarta XML SOAP API and SAAJ implementation.Explanation of how MessageFactory helps parse raw SOAP XML strings into SOAPMessage objects.Overall, the focus is on converting a string into a structured SOAPMessage for further processing.