Defining the parameters of an operation

Chapter 8 Working with Web Services

Defining the parameters of an operation

To define the parameters of an operation, you have to specify:

The parameters type for the Java method using the Data Type dropdown listbox in the Parameter property sheet
The input message type for WSDL using the WSDL Data Type dropdown listbox in the Parameter property sheet. This list displays basic data types from the object language and complex data types from the WSDL Schema. You can click the Properties tool beside this box to display the WSDL Schema page of the component property sheet. This page shows the contents of the WSDL schema

For simple parameter values, the input message type is generated from the WSDL types of the parameters. If a parameter is a class or an array of class, PowerDesigner will only generate SOAP binding.

For more information on SOAP binding, a specification is available at http://www.w3.org.

For more complex parameter types and input message types, you can manually define the input message schema using the SOAP Input page in the operation property sheet.