We have an employee whose surname is Null. Our employee lookup application is killed when that last name is used as the search term (which happens to be quite often now). The error received (thanks Fiddler!) is:

&lt;!-- language: lang-none --&gt;

    &lt;soapenv:Fault&gt;
       &lt;faultcode&gt;soapenv:Server.userException&lt;/faultcode&gt;
       &lt;faultstring&gt;coldfusion.xml.rpc.CFCInvocationException: [coldfusion.runtime.MissingArgumentException : The SEARCHSTRING parameter to the getFacultyNames function is required but was not passed in.]&lt;/faultstring&gt;

Cute, huh?

The parameter type is `string`.

I am using:

 * [WSDL][1] ([SOAP][2])
 * Flex 3.5
 * ActionScript 3
 * ColdFusion 8

Note that the error **does not** occur when calling the webservice as an object from a ColdFusion page.

  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Services_Description_Language
  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOAP


How to pass &quot;Null&quot; (a real surname!) to a SOAP web service in ActionScript 3

Both `&lt;binding&gt;` and `&lt;portType&gt;` seem to define an operation and its message. I don&#39;t quite understand, why are they both necessary?


What&#39;s the difference between &lt;binding&gt; and &lt;portType&gt; in WSDL?

I&#39;m trying to write a web service client in c# which the webservice is Java Axis 1.4.
Axis service requires the **Authorization: Basic Base64EncodedToken** header value in the HTTP Headers. 
I can&#39;t find a way to set this header in standart ways of consuming web services in visual studio.net, like normal WSDL generated refernce nor with WSE3.0

I can&#39;t use WCF as the project is developed using .net 2.0.

Is there any way to do this ?


How to add custom Http Header for C# Web Service Client consuming Axis 1.4 Web service

I don&#39;t think this is possible, but if is then I need it :)

I have a auto-generated proxy file from the wsdl.exe command line tool by Visual Studio 2008.

The proxy output is partial classes. I want to override the default constructor that is generated. I would rather not modify the code since it is auto-generated.

I tried making another partial class and redefining the default constructor, but that doesn&#39;t work. I then tried using the override and new keywords, but that doesn&#39;t work.

I know I could inherit from the partial class, but that would mean I&#39;d have to change all of our source code to point to the new parent class. I would rather not have to do this.

Any ideas, work arounds, or hacks? 

    //Auto-generated class
    namespace MyNamespace {
       public partial class MyWebService : System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol {
          public MyWebService() {
             string myString = &quot;auto-generated constructor&quot;;
             //other code...
          }
       }
    }
    
    //Manually created class in order to override the default constructor
    namespace MyNamespace {
       public partial class MyWebService : System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol {
          public override MyWebService() { //this doesn&#39;t work
             string myString = &quot;overridden constructor&quot;;
             //other code...
          }
       }
    }



Override Default Constructor of Partial Class with Another Partial Class

What are your approaches to generating some sort of human-readable documentation from WSDLs?
In the past I&#39;ve used [WSDL viewer][1] (by Tomi Vanek) and I&#39;m happy with the results, but I&#39;m interested in any possible alternatives.

I&#39;ve also heard of [x3sp][2], but I haven&#39;t tried it. 


  [1]: http://tomi.vanek.sk/
  [2]: http://xml.fiforms.org/xs3p/

Generating HTML documentation from WSDL

I have a WSDL file (or, more precisely, its URL). I need to convert it to Java classes. I also need to provide tests for the web service it describes. 
I&#39;m new to web services, so could someone tell me how to convert WSDLs to Java?

I use Eclipse JEE Kepler. Maybe there are some plugins to do this automatically?

How do you convert WSDLs to Java classes using Eclipse?

I&#39;m planning to develop an app for the iPhone and that app would have to access a couple of SOAP services. While doing some basic checking in the iPhone SDK I was not able to find any support for accessing SOAP services, a bit of Googling lead to the conclusion that there is no support for SOAP in the iPhone SDK. 

So if I do want to build that app I&#39;ll need to come up with a approach to access SOAP services from the iPhone. What would be the best approach? Any best practices? Did someone already write a library using the functionality that is present in the iPhone SDK to access SOAP services?

(Since the service I need to access is exposed by another party and they only expose it as SOAP, it&#39;s unfortunately not an option to switch to another type of interface (e.g. REST based API).

Gero

How to access SOAP services from iPhone

What is the difference between an `XML Schema` and `WSDL`?

The difference I noticed is that `WSDL` contains `XSD` and in `WSDL` we can declare operations, but not in `XSD`. Is that correct?

What is the difference between XSD and WSDL?

I&#39;m attempting to compile **Java 1.4** code that was created by **IBM&#39;s** **WSDL2Java** on **Java5** without recreating the stubs and saw this error in **Eclipse**.  
I&#39;m under the assumption that the stubs generated should just compile as long as the runtime `jars` are available (they are).

`Access restriction: The type QName is not accessible due to restriction on required library C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_16\jre\lib\rt.jar`

The full class name is `javax.xml.namespace.QName`

&gt; What exactly is going on here? Is this a case where I am trying to refactor a pig from sausage? Am I better off recreating the stubs?

Access restriction on class due to restriction on required library rt.jar?

What are the advantages of using Apache CXF over Apache Axis and vice versa?

Difference between Apache CXF and Axis

When I generate a webservice client using wsdl2java from CXF (which generates something similar to wsimport), via maven, my services starts with codes like this:

    @WebServiceClient(name = &quot;StatusManagement&quot;, 
                      wsdlLocation = &quot;c:/some_absolute_path_to_a_wsdl_file.wsdl&quot;,
                      targetNamespace = &quot;http://tempuri.org/&quot;) 
    public class StatusManagement extends Service {
    
        public final static URL WSDL_LOCATION;
        public final static QName SERVICE = new QName(&quot;http://tempuri.org/&quot;, &quot;StatusManagement&quot;);
        public final static QName WSHttpBindingIStatus = new QName(&quot;http://tempuri.org/&quot;, &quot;WSHttpBinding_IStatus&quot;);
        static {
            URL url = null;
            try {
                url = new URL(&quot;c:/some_absolute_path_to_a_wsdl_file.wsdl&quot;);
            } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
                System.err.println(&quot;Can not initialize the default wsdl from c:/some_absolute_path_to_a_wsdl_file.wsdl&quot;);
                // e.printStackTrace();
            }
            WSDL_LOCATION = url;
        }

The hardcoded absolute path really sucks. The generated class won&#39;t work in any other computer other than mine.

The first idea is to put the WSDL file (plus everything it imports, other WSDLs and XSDs) somewhere in a jar-file and classpath it. But we want to avoid this. Since all that thing was generated by CXF and JAXB based in the WSDLs and XSDs, we see no point in needing to know the WSDL at runtime.

The wsdlLocation attribute is intended to override the WSDL location (at least this is what i readed somewhere), and it default value is &quot;&quot;. Since we are using maven, we tried to include `&lt;wsdlLocation&gt;&lt;/wsdlLocation&gt;` inside the configuration of CXF to try to force the source generator to leave the wsdlLocation blank. However, this simply makes it ignore the XML tag because it is empty. We did a really ugly shameful hack, using `&lt;wsdlLocation&gt;&quot; + &quot;&lt;/wsdlLocation&gt;`.

This changes other places too:

    @WebServiceClient(name = &quot;StatusManagement&quot;, 
                      wsdlLocation = &quot;&quot; + &quot;&quot;,
                      targetNamespace = &quot;http://tempuri.org/&quot;) 
    public class StatusManagement extends Service {
    
        public final static URL WSDL_LOCATION;
        public final static QName SERVICE = new QName(&quot;http://tempuri.org/&quot;, &quot;StatusManagement&quot;);
        public final static QName WSHttpBindingIStatus = new QName(&quot;http://tempuri.org/&quot;, &quot;WSHttpBinding_IStatus&quot;);
        static {
            URL url = null;
            try {
                url = new URL(&quot;&quot; + &quot;&quot;);
            } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
                System.err.println(&quot;Can not initialize the default wsdl from &quot; + &quot;&quot;);
                // e.printStackTrace();
            }
            WSDL_LOCATION = url;
        }

So, my questions are:

1. Does we really need a WSDL location even if all the classes were generated by CXF and JAXB? If yes, why?

2. If we do not really need the WSDL location, what is the proper and clean way to make CXF not generate it and avoiding it entirely?

3. What bad side effects we could get with that hack? We still can&#39;t test that to see what happens, so if someone could say in advance, it would be nice.

How to avoid the need to specify the WSDL location in a CXF or JAX-WS generated webservice client?

What is [WSDL][1]? How is it related to [SOAP][2]? Where does [REST][3] fit in all of that?


  [1]: https://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl
  [2]: https://www.w3.org/TR/soap12
  [3]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6690

What are WSDL, SOAP and REST?

Currently doing some exams and I&#39;m struggling through some concepts. These have all been &#39;mentioned&#39; in my notes really but I didn&#39;t really understand how they all linked together. As far as my understanding is:

SOA - a solution to make service consumers/providers communicate. (as far as I understand this is the umbrella term for everything else)

WSDL - A language that describes the provider service.

SOAP - A XML protocol &#39;wrapper&#39; used by the services to send messages. Works in conjunction with WSDL as to provide parameters?

REST - A design pattern that is similar to SOAP in function but avoids the XML? (really not sure about this one)

JSON - An alternative to XML that uses javascript? (not sure about this one either)



Looking around in the internet there doesn&#39;t seem to be a clear definition of what all of these are and how they interlink.

JSON, REST, SOAP, WSDL, and SOA: How do they all link together

I need to consume a Web Service. They sent me the WSDL file. 
What should I do to add it to my website and start using it as the proxy.
( If I put it on a Virtual Directory it can be discovered, but does it grant me the connection with the real web service?)

How to use a WSDL

I am having a lot of trouble finding good information on how to call a standard SOAP/WSDL web service with Android. All I&#39;ve been able to find are either very convoluted documents and references to &quot;kSoap2&quot; and then some bit about parsing it all manually with [SAX][1]. OK, that&#39;s fine, but it&#39;s 2008, so I figured there should be some good library for calling standard web services.

The web service is just basically one created in [NetBeans][2]. I would like to have IDE support for generating the plumbing classes. I just need the easiest/most-elegant way to contact a [WSDL][3] based web service from an Android-based phone.

  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_API_for_XML
  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetBeans
  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Services_Description_Language


How to call a SOAP web service on Android

**Related:**
&gt;[Why would one use REST instead of Web services?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/90451/why-would-one-use-rest-instead-of-web-services)

When deciding whether to implement a web service using SOAP or REST (by which I mean HTTP/XML in a RESTful manner) what should I be aware of and what should I be thinking of? I presume that this isn&#39;t a one size fits all thing so how do I choose which to use.

WSDL vs REST Pros and Cons

I need to make a SOAP webservice call to https://sandbox.mediamind.com/Eyeblaster.MediaMind.API/V2/AuthenticationService.svc?wsdl and to use the operation ClientLogin while passing through the parameters: ApplicationKey, Password, and UserName. The response is UserSecurityToken. They are all strings. 

Here is the link fully explaining what I am trying to do:
[https://sandbox.mediamind.com/Eyeblaster.MediaMind.API.Doc/?v=3][1]


How can I do this on the command line? (Windows and/or Linux would be helpful)


  [1]: https://sandbox.mediamind.com/Eyeblaster.MediaMind.API.Doc/?v=3

How to do a SOAP wsdl web services call from the command line

I want to get the WSDL file for a webservice and the only thing I have is its URL (like webservice.example/foo).

If I use the URL directly only an error response is delivered.

How to get the wsdl file from a webservice&#39;s URL

My application needs to talk to a web service that hasn&#39;t got an online WSDL definition. The developers however supplied me with a WSDL file.

With a public WSDL Visual Studio can generate this code for me using the Service Reference wizard. But it doesn&#39;t seem to work without a public WSDL.

How do I generate the code for talking to this web service using this WSDL file?

Create web service proxy in Visual Studio from a WSDL file

I am confused about how SOAP messages and WSDL fit together?  I have started looking into SOAP messages such as:

        POST /InStock HTTP/1.1
    Host: www.example.org
    Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
    Content-Length: nnn
    
    &lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot;?&gt;
    &lt;soap:Envelope
    xmlns:soap=&quot;http://www.w3.org/2001/12/soap-envelope&quot;
    soap:encodingStyle=&quot;http://www.w3.org/2001/12/soap-encoding&quot;&gt;
    
    &lt;soap:Body xmlns:m=&quot;http://www.example.org/stock&quot;&gt;
      &lt;m:GetStockPrice&gt;
    	&lt;m:StockName&gt;IBM&lt;/m:StockName&gt;
      &lt;/m:GetStockPrice&gt;
    &lt;/soap:Body&gt;
    
    &lt;/soap:Envelope&gt;

Are all SOAP messages WSDL&#39;s? Is SOAP a protocol that accepts its own &#39;SOAP messages&#39; or &#39;WSDL&#39;s?  If they are different,  then when should I use SOAP messages and when should I use WSDL&#39;s?

Some clarification around this would be awesome.

Difference between a SOAP message and a WSDL?

I have an old WSDL file and I want to create a server based on this WSDL file.

The WSDL is generated from a ASMX (I suppose but I am not sure).

How can I achieve this ?

---
[original question][1] where the OP thought he needed to create a _client_ based on the WSDL.


  [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/945620/how-to-use-a-wsdl-file-to-create-a-wcf-proxy


How to use a WSDL file to create a WCF service (not make a call)

I have been reading about REST and SOAP, and understand why implementing REST can be beneficial over using a SOAP protocol.  However, I still don&#39;t understand why there isn&#39;t the &quot;WSDL&quot; equivalent in the REST world.  I have seen posts saying there is &quot;no need&quot; for the WSDL or that it would be redundant In the REST world, but I don&#39;t understand why.  Isn&#39;t it always useful to programmatically bind to a definition and create proxy classes instead of manually coding?  I don&#39;t mean to get into a philosophical debate, just looking for the reason there is no WSDL in REST, or why it is not needed.  Thanks.

RESTful Services - WSDL Equivalent

Can somebody explain to me the differences between Document and RPC style webservices? Apart from JAX-RPC, the next version is JAX-WS, which supports both Document and RPC styles.  I also understand document style webservices are meant for Asynchronous communication where a client would not block until the response is received.

Either way, using JAX-WS I currently annotate the service with *@Webservice*, generate the WSDL and from that WSDL I generate the client side artifacts.

Once the artifacts are received, in both styles, I invoke the method on the port. Now, this does not differ in RPC style and Document style. So what is the difference and where is that difference visible?

Similarly, in what way does SOAP over HTTP differ from XML over HTTP? After all SOAP is also XML document with SOAP namespace.


What is the difference between Document style and RPC style communication?

In through `php_info()` where the WSDL cache is held (`/tmp`), but I don&#39;t necessarily know if it is safe to delete all files starting with WSDL. 

Yes, I _should_ be able to just delete everything from `/tmp`, but I don&#39;t know what else this could effect if I delete any all WSDL files.

In PHP how can you clear a WSDL cache?

Is there any online service available to validate Web Service WSDL file?

WSDL validator?

Is it possible to see if a web service uses SOAP 1.1 or 1.2, based on the information in the WSDL?



Can a WSDL indicate the SOAP version (1.1 or 1.2) of the web service?

I have code that references a web service, and I&#39;d like the address of that web service to be dynamic (read from a database, config file, etc.) so that it is easily changed.  One major use of this will be to deploy to multiple environments where machine names and IP addresses are different.  The web service signature will be the same across all deployments, just located elsewhere.

Maybe I&#39;ve just been spoiled by the Visual Studio &quot;Add Web Reference&quot; wizard - seems like this should be something relatively easy, though.


How can I dynamically switch web service addresses in .NET without a recompile?

Is there available any tool for PHP which can be used to generate code for consuming a [web service][2] based on its [WSDL][1]? Something comparable to clicking &quot;Add Web Reference&quot; in Visual Studio or the Eclipse plugin which does the same thing for Java.

  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Services_Description_Language
  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_service

How to easily consume a web service from PHP

I need to get unmanaged Windows C++ clients to talk to a WCF service. C++ clients could be running on Win2000 and later. I have a control over both WCF service and which C++ API is being used. Since it&#39;s for a proprietary application, it is preferable to use Microsoft stuff where possible, definitely not GNU licensed APIs. Those of you who have it working, can you share a step-by-step process how to make it working?

I have researched following options so far:

- WWSAPI - not good, will not work on Win 2000 clients.
- ATL Server, used [following guide][1] as a reference. I followed the steps outlined (remove policy refs and flatten WSDL), however the resulting WSDL is still not usable by sproxy

Any more ideas? Please answer only if you actually have it working yourself.

***Edit1***: I apologize for anyone who I might have confused: what I was looking for was a way to call WCF service from client(s) where no .NET framework is installed, so using .NET-based helper library is not an option, it must be pure unmanaged C++

  [1]: http://icoder.wordpress.com/2007/07/25/consuming-a-wcf-service-with-an-unmanaged-c-client-with-credential-passing/

Create WCF service for unmanaged C++ clients

I have a WSDL file and I am trying to create a web service that conforms to the WSDL.

I&#39;ve created clients using WSDL files that consume an existing service, but I&#39;ve never created a web service that needed to follow a specific WSDL.

I&#39;ve gone as far as using:

 `wsdl.exe mywsdl.wsdl /l:VB /serverInterface`

Now I&#39;ve got a .vb file generated from that WSDL.  However I am not sure what I&#39;m supposed to do with this VB file.  It looks like it&#39;s got a public interface in there but no class that implements the interface.  It also has a bunch of partial classes for the types in the WSDL.

I was expecting there to be some sort of stub where I put in the code to complete the service calls.  I&#39;ve only created simple web services before and none of them used public interfaces so I&#39;m unfamiliar with what is going on here.

At this point I&#39;m not sure how I use the generated .vb file and make it work with an .asmx file and what additional coding is needed to complete the interface.


Create an ASMX web service from a WSDL file

Is there any way by which I can generate xsd from wsdl.
Any link or tool will also do. What is the simplest way to do this?


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How to pass "Null" (a real surname!) to a SOAP web service in ActionScript 3

What's the difference between <binding> and <portType> in WSDL?