Chapter 8 Working with Web Services

Browsing for WSDL on UDDI

You can browse for a WSDL on a UDDI server. The Browse UDDI dialog box includes the following items:

Item Description
UDDI operator URL You can choose among a list of default UDDI operator URLs, or you can type URLs according to your needs
UDDI version The request sent to the server is different depending on the UDDI version, you must choose the correct UDDI version for the URL
Search for You can search for a name of the item selected in the Search In list
Search in You can search for a Web service per business entity (company name), Web service name, WSDL name or tModel

The result is displayed in the Search Result window, it shows the Business entity name, the Service name, the Service description, and the WSDL URL.

Notes

After you browse UDDI, the data reversed into the OOM is stored into the UDDI tab of the component property sheet.

What do you need to browse UDDI?

You need to have Internet Explorer 5 or higher to use the Browse UDDI feature.

Steps To browse WSDL files from UDDI:

  1. Select Language→Import WSDL to display the Import WSDL dialog box.
  2. Click the Selection tab to display the Selection tab.
  3. Click the Browse UDDI tool beside the WSDL URL box to display the Browse UDDI dialog box.
  4. Select a UDDI operator URL.
  5. Select an item to search from the Search In list.
  6. Type a keyword in the Search For list.
  7. Click the Search button.

    The result is displayed in the Search Result window.
  8. Click the Preview WSDL button to open the WSDL property sheet.
  9. Click the WSDL tab to display the WSDL.
  10. <optional> Click the Business Entity tab to display data about the company.
  11. <optional> Click the Business Service tab to display data about the service.
  12. Click Close to close the WSDL property sheet.
  13. Click OK to go back to the Import WSDL dialog box.

    For more information on the Import WSDL dialog box, see section Importing a WSDL file

 

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