Creating a WSDL File
Because other programmers might be using the JSPBuzz Web service, it would be a good idea to create a WSDL document to describe the service. As a result, we will publish a WSDL document to enable others easy access to the JSPBuzz Web service. After this document is published, other users can download the WSDL file and determine how to use the Web service. Before creating a WSDL document for this chapter, let's examine WSDL in greater detail.
WSDL is an interesting beast. WSDL is not part of the SOAP specification. Instead, WSDL is all about defining a Web service, more specifically a network service. Because many Web services use SOAP, people automatically connect WSDL to SOAP. This is not right. A Web service can use any ...
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