Web Services Guide

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Web Service Overview View

The web service

Overview

view displays general information about the web service and detailed information about the web service operations and operation components.

General Properties

The following table describes the general properties that you configure for a web service:

Property	Description
Name	The web service object name.
Description	The description of the web service.
Namespace	The targetNamespace of the web service. If the web service is associated with a WSDL data object, this field is read-only.
Prefix	The prefix of the targetNamespace. If the web service is associated with a WSDL data object, this field is read-only.
WSDL Data Object	The WSDL data object associated with the web service. This property displays if the web service was created from a WSDL data object.
Service Name	The service name. Default is the name of the web service or the service name defined in the associated WSDL data object. If the web service is associated with a WSDL data object, this field is read-only.

Operations Area

When you select an operation on the left side of the Operations area, the details appear on the right side. The left side of the Operations area displays a tree view of the operation with the related input, output, and fault.

The following table describes the operation and the input and output properties that appear on the right side of the Operations area:

Properties	Description
Operation Name	The name of the operation.
Description	The description of the operation
Binding Type	The binding type of the operation.
Input	The WSDL message name associated with the operation input.
Output	The WSDL message name associated with the operation output.
Element Name	The name of the XSD element referred by the operation input or output.
Name	The child element of the element referred by the operation input or output.
Type	The element type.
Min. Occurs	The minimum number of times that the element can occur at one point in an XML instance.
Max. Occurs	The maximum number of times that the element can occur at one point in an XML instance.
Description	The description of the element.

To view additional child element properties, click the double arrow in the Description column to expand the window.

The following table describes the additional child element properties that appear when you expand the Description column:

Property	Description
Fixed Value	A specific value for an element that does not change.
Nillable	The element can have nil values. A nil element has element tags but has no value and no content.
Abstract	The element is an abstract type. An XML instance must include types derived from that type. An abstract type is not a valid type without derived element types.
Minimum Value	The minimum value for an element in an XML instance.
Maximum Value	The maximum value for an element in an XML instance.
Minimum Length	The minimum length of an element. Length is in bytes, characters, or items based on the element type.
Maximum Length	The maximum length of an element. Length is in bytes, characters, or items based on the element type.
Enumeration	A list of all legal values for an element.
Pattern	An expression pattern that defines valid element values.

Operation Mappings Area

The following table describes the columns for operation mappings:

Property	Description
Operation Mapping	The operation mapping name.
Operation	The operation name.
Input	The WSDL message name associated with the operation input.
Output	The WSDL message name associated with the operation output.
Fault	The WSDL message name associated with the operation fault.

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