How to Configure SOAP RPC Invocations using the WSDL Analyzer  - Page 1

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How To Configure SOAP RPC Invocations Using the WSDL Analyzer

In order to do basic SOAP remote procedure calls, most soap processors require the following:

• The endpoint URL for the service
• Method name
• Method parameters and types
• SOAPAction value
• Method Namespace URI   (the namespace URI applied to the method "wrapper" element in a SOAP RPC call)

The WSDL for each service is used to formally document these (and other) parameters.  Some toolkits will read the WSDL and preconfigure the client for you ; others ask you to manually parameterize this information in client code.

On XMethods, all of the information listed above can be discovered easily through the "WSDL Analyzer" tool, which presents a "human friendly" face to a WSDL description.  This tool is especially useful if you have one of the latter type of toolkits - ie, ones that ask you to supply the information mentioned.

The WSDL Analyzer is accessed by clicking on the "Analyze" link seen on the service detail page:

SCREENSHOT:  WSDL Analyzer Link on the Service Detail Page

The tool currently does a lookup to the original WSDL file in real time, so there might be a slight delay as the WSDL description is being retrieved.   

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