Editing WSDL files

Once you have created a WSDL file, you can edit it in the WSDL editor. You can also import WSDL files you have created in other products into the workbench and edit them in the WSDL editor.

• Adding a service
  The service element is a collection of related ports and specifies the location of the service.
• Adding a port to a service
  A port defines an individual endpoint by specifying a single address for a binding. The port contains a 'binding' attribute that references a binding and an address element that provides a specification for the endpoint.
• Setting a port type
  A port type is a named set of abstract operations and the abstract messages involved. Each operation refers to an input message and output messages. A port type is reference by a binding object. Each binding references exactly one port type. Since each port refers to exactly one binding, each port has exactly one port type.
• Setting a binding
  A binding is a top level WSDL object that provides a concrete specification regarding the transmission of messages to and from a web service. A binding references exactly one port type. The structure of a binding corresponds very closely to that of the port type. The binding contains extensibility elements (for example, soap, http, and mime) that specify protocol specific details. Each port within a service references exactly one binding.
• Adding an operation
  An operation names the operation and lists the expected inputs and outputs. The operation element may also contain a fault sub-element that describes any error data the operation may return.
• Adding a message
  Messages represent an abstract definition of the data being transmitted. A message consists of logical parts, each of which is associated with a definition within some type system. WSDL messages are top level objects that can be referenced by an operation's input, output and fault elements (within a port type).
• Adding a part to a message
  All messages contain one or more parts. Parts are a flexible mechanism for describing the logical abstract content of a message. The message definition associates each part with a type using a message-typing attribute.
• Creating an import statement
  The import statement is used to import other WSDL documents or XML schemas into your WSDL document. This enables you to have more modular WSDL documents. The use of the import statement allows the separation of the different elements of a service definition into independent documents, which can then be imported as needed. This technique helps in writing clearer service definitions, by separating the definitions according to their level of abstraction.
• Creating a new type for your WSDL file
  Types describe all the data types used between the client and server. WSDL is not tied exclusively to a specific typing system, but it uses the W3C XML Schema specification as its default choice.