Web Service Function, Designer  (DB2)

Function Identification

In this section, you specify the information that identifies the Web service function.

Function name

Type a name for the Web service function. The name cannot exceed 128 characters.

Schema name

Type a schema name for the Web service function. If you do not specify a schema, the default value is the name of the schema that is obtained from current data connection.

Specific name

Type a specific name for the new Web service function. This is a unique name that the server uses to identify the function.

Comment

Type comments for the Web service function.

Web Service Function Details

In this section, you provide information regarding the Web service and WSDL operation for which you want to generate a function.

WSDL URL

Type the URL of the Web service that you want the DB2^® function to access.

Get Operations

Returns a list of the operations for the Web service whose URL you specified in WSDL URL.

WSDL operation

Shows the operations that are associated with the Web service whose URL you specified in WSDL URL.

Parameter Type Mappings

Shows the parameters for the Web service operation that you selected in WSDL operation. These parameters become the parameters for the generated function.

You can optionally change the name of one or more parameters. You can also change the DB2 type of the function parameters.

Name

Shows the names of all of the parameters for the WSDL operation that you selected.

Mode

Shows the mode for each of the WSDL operation parameters. The value can be one of the following modes:
   IN - the parameter is an input only parameter
   OUT - the parameter is an output only parameter
   INOUT - the parameter is both an input and output parameter

WSDL Operation Parameter Type

Shows the data type for each of the WSDL operation parameters.

DB2 Function Parameter Type

Shows the DB2 type for the corresponding parameters that are generated for the Web service function.