WebSphere WebSphere Application Server Express, Version 6.0.x Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

Web services overview

This topic describes how to work with the abstract data graph form of Web services messages.

The format of Web services messages

WebSphere Application Server supports two formats for Web services messages: SOAP and Java beans (similar to Java APIs for XML based RPC, or JAX-RPC).

The information you need to work with Web services messages is in three parts:

Format types

The Web services message type is defined by a message format string within the message. The format string is prefixed with a domain identifier, either SOAP or Bean, followed by four comma separated fields as shown below:
SOAP:<wsdlLocation>,<serviceNameSpace>,<serviceName>,<portName>
Bean:<wsdlLocation>,<serviceNameSpace>,<serviceName>,<portName>
The fields are described in the following table:
Field name Message format string Field description
WSDL location <wsdlLocation> The URI where the WSDL for this message is located. The WSDL is deployed to the SDO Repository using this location as the key.
Service namespace <serviceNamespace> Service namespace and Service name uniquely identify the Service definition within the WSDL.
Service name <serviceName> Service name and Service namespace uniquely identify the correct Service definition within the WSDL.
Port name <portName> Locates the Port definition within the Service, giving the PortType and Binding information required for message processing.

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