Adding a Service with the Web Service Connector Wizard

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About this task

To add a service to a task with the web service connector wizard

Procedure

  1. On the UI Development perspective, start the web service connector wizard from any of the following locations:
    • By clicking File > New > Web Service Connector.
    • By clicking the New > Web Service Connector arrow button in the main toolbar.
    • By clicking the New button on the main toolbar and clicking Software AG > Composite Applications > Web Service Connector.
  2. On the Select WSDL Location page, click the arrow at the right of the WSDL field to specify if the WSDL source is a local file or an existing IS service:
    • Click Browse for a Local File and locate the WSDL file in the resulting file browser dialog box.
    • Click Choose a Web Service from a Data Provider to locate an existing IS service.
    • You can also paste or type in the URL of the WSDL.
  3. Click Next and select an operation within the WSDL file.
  4. Continue to click Next through the remaining pages, making changes as required.
  5. On the Add Managed Bean Reference Property to Other Managed Beans page, click the [TaskName] Rule Context entry for the task you want to add the service to.
  6. Click Finish.
  7. The service is added to the task and is now available for selection with the Invoke Service action.
  8. In the Bindings view, expand the newly added service and then expand the Input Parameters entry (if the service has input parameters).
  9. Configure any required binding of input parameters to Task Info, Task Data or other service outputs by clicking the input parameter in the Bindings view and clicking the Data Binding tab in the Properties view. Click The Expression Binding button button to select a binding attribute.