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Using WSDL in SOAP applications

An introduction to WSDL for SOAP programmers

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Listing 3. A WSDL description for a Snowboarding endorsement query

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<definitions name="EndorsementSearch"

  targetNamespace="http://namespaces.snowboard-info.com"

  xmlns:es="http://www.snowboard-info.com/EndorsementSearch.wsdl"

  xmlns:esxsd="http://schemas.snowboard-info.com/EndorsementSearch.xsd"

  xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/"

  xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/">

  <types>

    <schema targetNamespace="http://namespaces.snowboard-info.com"

        xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema">

      <element name="GetEndorsingBoarder">

        <complexType>

          <sequence>
             <element name="manufacturer" type="string"/>
             <element name="model" type="string"/>
          </sequence>

        </complexType>

      </element>

      <element name="GetEndorsingBoarderResponse">
        <complexType>
           <all>
             <element name="endorsingBoarder" type="string"/>
           </all>

        </complexType>

      </element>

      <element name="GetEndorsingBoarderFault">
        <complexType>
           <all>
             <element name="errorMessage" type="string"/>
           </all>

        </complexType>

      </element>

    </schema>

  </types>

  <message name="GetEndorsingBoarderRequest">

    <part name="body" element="esxsd:GetEndorsingBoarder"/>

  </message>

  <message name="GetEndorsingBoarderResponse">

    <part name="body" element="esxsd:GetEndorsingBoarderResponse"/>

  </message>

  <portType name="GetEndorsingBoarderPortType">

    <operation name="GetEndorsingBoarder">

      <input message="es:GetEndorsingBoarderRequest"/>

      <output message="es:GetEndorsingBoarderResponse"/>

      <fault message="es:GetEndorsingBoarderFault"/>

    </operation>

  </portType>


  <binding name="EndorsementSearchSoapBinding"
            type="es:GetEndorsingBoarderPortType">

    <soap:binding style="document"
                    transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/>

    <operation name="GetEndorsingBoarder">

      <soap:operation

        soapAction="http://www.snowboard-info.com/EndorsementSearch"/>

      <input>

        <soap:body use="literal"

namespace="http://schemas.snowboard-info.com/EndorsementSearch.xsd"/>

      </input>

      <output>
        <soap:body use="literal"

         
namespace="http://schemas.snowboard-info.com/EndorsementSearch.xsd"/>

      </output>

      <fault>

        <soap:body use="literal"

namespace="http://schemas.snowboard-info.com/EndorsementSearch.xsd"/>

      </fault>

    </operation>

  </binding>


  <service name="EndorsementSearchService">

    <documentation>snowboarding-info.com Endorsement Service</documentation> 

    <port name="GetEndorsingBoarderPort"
          binding="es:EndorsementSearchSoapBinding">

      <soap:address
location="http://www.snowboard-info.com/EndorsementSearch"/>

    </port>

  </service>

</definitions>

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