Web Service Tool Agent

The Web Service tool agent invokes a web service as specified by a WSDL document.

Repository Metadata

A Web Service tool agent metadata entry contains:

    <web-service ...>
        ...
        <wsdl-location ... />
        <authenticate ... />
        <user-name ... />
        <password ... />
        <port-location ... />
        <port-type-name ... />
        <target-namespace ... />
        <service-name ... />
        <operation-name ... />
        <operation-style ... />
        <soap-action ... />
        <input-message>
            <name ... />
            <parts>
                <part>+
                    <name ... />
                    <type-namespace-uri ... />
                    <type-name ... />
                </part>
            </parts>
        </input-message>
        <output-message>
            <name ... />
            <parts>
                <part>+
                    <name ... />
                    <type-namespace-uri ... />
                    <type-name ... />
                </part>
            </parts>
        </output-message>
    </web-service>

wsdl-location: The URI of the WSDL.
authenticate: Whether to authenticate (true | false).
user-name: The user identity to pass if authenticating.
password: The credentials to pass if authenticating.
port-location: The URI of the port that hosts the service.
port-type-name: The name of the port type.
target-namespace: The target namespace for the service.
service-name: The service name.
operation-name: The operation name.
operation-style: The operation style (rpc | document/encoded | document/literal).
soap-action: The SOAP action to invoke.
input-message: The input message, described as a set of parts.
output-message: The output message, described as a set of parts.
part: A description of a message part.
type-namespace-uri: The namespace URI of the message part.
type-name: The type name of the message part.

Tip: The web service tool agent metadata will automatically extract all of the above information from the WSDL if the web service tool is specified in XPDL using an <xpdl:ExternalReference />, so there's generally no need to manually enter the above fields.