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Know about WSDL


Posted Date: 10 Sep 2007    Resource Type: Articles    Category: WCF/Webservices
Author: Venkatesan Prabu .JMember Level: Diamond    
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Introduction



WSDL an xml formatter used to describe the details about the web services hosted. It gives detail info about the web services like port number, type of service, operation undergone etc..,

List of functionalities provided by the WSDL



A WSDL(Web services Description Language) provides, services which can be defined as the collection of network endpoints.

It provides, Port type - an abstract set of operations supported by the network endpoints.

It provides, Operation - Action supported by the web service.

It provides, message - Abstract definition of data being communicated.

wsdl:message name="Messagetoken" *
wsdl:documentation .... ?
part name="Messagetoken" element="qname"? type="qname"?
/wsdl:message

It provides, port - A single endpoint to tranfer the message.

It provides, types - definitions to describe the messages exchanged, explains about the xsd involved.

wsdl:types
wsdl:documentation ....
xsd:schema ....
element tags
wsdl:types


Following are the Transmission primitives supported by the endpoints:



One-way type - Only the endpoint receives a message.
Request-response type - Provides two way communication
The endpoint receives a message, and sends a correlated message.
Solicit-response type - Provides two way communication, the endpoint sends a message,
and receives a correlated message.
Notification Type - The endpoint sends a message.

Summary



Thus WSDL, provides an ample details about web services hosted.



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