4.1.1.Introduction of WSDL

• WSDL (Web Service Description Language)

  • WSDL is an XML-based standard for describing a web service

  • Describes

    • Available operations of a web service, their input and output structure

    • How to call service (using SOAP or HTTP protocol)

    • End point of the web service (location where the service is running)

    • Contain 4 section types message

      • types

        • Define Data types

      • message

        • Define the input & outputs for each operation

      • portType

        • Describe the list of operations

      • binding

        • Defines the protocol and data format for each port type