A service interface provides the abstraction between the implementation of the service and the business logic in the service. It defines and implements the contract between the service and the user. Each service interface represents a specific invocation of a service operation. A service may contain multiple operations.

The service interface is automatically created and displays on the service editor canvas when you create a service using the New Service wizard. Each service must have an operation, operation parameters, and operation parameter properties before it can be implemented. When you use the New Service wizard to create the service, all three of these are included in the service interface.

The following topics provide details for working with specific service interfaces:

Defining the Service Interface for a Message Service

Editing Java Service Interfaces

Editing the SOAP Service Interface

Editing Database Service Interfaces

Related Tasks

Adding Multiple Service Interfaces to a Service

Using the Interface Page