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Sample SOAP Request Message - Updating an SObject

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
 <soapenv:Header>
  <ns1:SessionHeader soapenv:mustUnderstand="0" xmlns:ns1="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
   <ns1:sessionId>3e8700Dx00000007Vw349cJVbVn0uH_XDGVOoWSldsfoghufOb5Ig_QXDWfdnLalLxWYTeWldfsglCz0wQeDoMXYMKVBtStrC_jK560KG1Y78p_9KV9rMBGkwbdVbWTNK6IWJBAiL9swCW</ns1:sessionId>
  </ns1:SessionHeader>
 </soapenv:Header>
 <soapenv:Body>
  <update xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
   <UpdateMetadata>
    <currentName>sample__c</currentName>
    <metadata xsi:type="ns2:CustomObject" xmlns:ns2="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
     <fullName>sample__c</fullName>
     <deploymentStatus>InDevelopment</deploymentStatus>
     <description>created by the Metadata API</description>
     <enableActivities>true</enableActivities>
     <label>sample Object</label>
     <nameField>
      <label>sample__c Name</label>
      <type>Text</type>
     </nameField>
     <pluralLabel>sample Objects</pluralLabel>
     <sharingModel>ReadWrite</sharingModel>
    </metadata>
   </UpdateMetadata>
  </update>
 </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Sample SOAP Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
  <soapenv:Body>
    <updateResponse>
      <result>
        <done>false</done>
        <id>04sx00000000DowAAE</id>
        <secondsToWait>2</secondsToWait>
        <state>InProgress</state>
      </result>
    </updateResponse>
  </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>