November 6, 2001 - Web Service WSDL -- Elements
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November 6, 2001 Web Service WSDL -- Elements  Tips: November 2001
Yehuda Shiran, Ph.D.
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definitions element as its root. Any WSDL language element can contain the documentation element. The WSDL-specific elements are:
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Types: Describes the types used bymessages. message: Defines the data passed from one point to another in a call.portType: Defines a collection ofoperations.operation: Defines a combination ofinput,output, andfaultmessagesinput: Amessagethat is sent to the serveroutput: Amessagethat is sent to the clientfault: An error value returned as a result of a problem processing amessagebinding: Describes the protocol being used to carry the Web service communication. Supported protocols are: SOAP, HTTP GET, HTTP POST, and MIMEservice: Defines a collection ofports; eachserviceshould map to oneportTypeand represent different ways of accessing the operations in thatportType.
