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Can anybody explain to me what the following code does? Specifically, the attribute on the GetStatus method. I know it has something to do with SOAP requests, but I tried googling "SoapDocumentMethodAttribute" and didn't find much that explains things. Can anybody dumb it down for me please?

[System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("http://dummyurl.com/", RequestNamespace = "http://dummyurl.com/", ResponseNamespace = "http://dummyurl.com/", Use = System.Web.Services.Description.SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle = System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)]
    public string GetStatus(string Username, string Password, string EndSystemUser) {
        object[] results = this.Invoke("GetStatus", new object[] {
                    Username,
                    Password,
                    EndSystemUser});
        return ((string)(results[0]));
Soap services expose WSDL to the consumers which contain information about how SOAP messages would be written. 
This WSDL can be written either in RPC style or in Document Style. 
Document style is perfered over RPC style as it means less coupling and provides better way to validate the message. 
This attribute instructs WSDL generator to use Document Style.
From the MSDN Documentation:
  
Web Services Description Language (WSDL) defines two styles for how an
  XML Web service method, which it calls an operation, can be formatted
  in a SOAP message: RPC and Document. Document refers to formatting the
  XML Web service method according to an XSD schema. The Document style
  refers to formatting the Body element as a series of one or more
  message parts following the Body element.
Refer this link for examples of RPC / Document style.
                First parameter is to set the Action header in soap message.  This is generally used to identify the method which should be invoked after receiving soap message.
– Manoj Choudhari
                Jan 28, 2019 at 15:57
                Second and Third parameter specify the xml namespaces for request soap message and response soap message.
– Manoj Choudhari
                Jan 28, 2019 at 15:57
        
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