Web Service fronting a Struts app

[Mulligan, Scott H]

I have a Struts 1.1 application running for my employer. Now I am being asked 
if I can create a web service that acts as a front door to the Struts 
application. Has anyone ever done this? Is there a way to extend Struts to read 
a SOAP body in the HttpRequest instead of the regular request parameters? I 
don't have much Web Services practical experience, but I do understand the 
concepts.
 
Thanks for any input you can provide.
 
Scott