WS-I basic profile expects developers to define one port per service. I think the underlying philosphy is that each SOAP endpoint has one remote object and all the operations on that endpoint work as methods on that one object.
I agree that this is limiting. It's often nice to aggregate ports. On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Deepak S Patwardhan wrote: > HI all, > > My question is about the way axis makes a service URL. Normally, you see a > URL like the following : > > http://host:unix-port/axis/services/PORT-NAME > > where, PORT-NAME is a port defined in the service element. > > Is it possible that the service URL be like this : > > http://host:unix-port/axis/services/SERVICE-NAME/PORT-NAME > > where SERVICE-NAME is the name of the service ? (attribute name of service > element) > > This would look more logical, especially when a service contains multiple > ports. I tried specifying such URLs in the WSDL but axis overrides it. > (please see the attached WSDL.) > > WHen I deploy my service (service Primality, two ports, a) Prime - to > check whether a number is prime, b) CoPrime - to check whether two numbers > are coprime), and when I see the list of deployed services, I expected a > listing like this > > * Primality > - Prime > - isPrime > - CoPrime > - areCoPrime > > But, what is displayed is as if there are two services, Prime and CoPrime. > > * Prime > - isPrime > * CoPrimes > - areCoPrime > > It seems as if axis elevates a PORT to a service. What's the > design decision behind this ? (And if you tell me that AXIS expects > developers to define one port per service, I would be pretty p***ed off) > > thanks, > Deepak S Patwardhan. > > --------------------------- WSDL ----------------------------- > <definitions name="PrimeDef" > targetNamespace="http://gridsolv.com/deepak/ws1/"; > xmlns:tns="http://gridsolv.com/deepak/ws1/"; > xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema"; > xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/"; > xmlns:soap-enc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"; > xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/";> > > <!--================================================--> > <message name="aNumber"> > <part name="num" type="xsd:int"/> > </message> > > <message name="twoNumbers"> > <part name="num1" type="xsd:int"/> > <part name="num2" type="xsd:int"/> > </message> > > <message name="aBool"> > <part name="boo" type="xsd:boolean"/> > </message> > > <!--================================================--> > <portType name="Prime"> > <!-- Tell if a given number is prime --> > <operation name="isPrime"> > <input message="tns:aNumber"/> > <output message="tns:aBool"/> > </operation> > </portType> > > <portType name="CoPrime"> > <!-- Tell if given numbers are co-prime --> > <operation name="areCoprime"> > <input message="tns:twoNumbers"/> > <output message="tns:aBool"/> > </operation> > </portType> > > <!--================================================--> > <binding name="PrimeSOAPBinding" type="tns:Prime"> > <soap:binding style="rpc" > transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/> > > <operation name="isPrime"> > <soap:operation soapAction=""/> > <input> > <soap:body use="encoded" encodingStyle="soap-enc"/> > </input> > <output> > <soap:body use="encoded" encodingStyle="soap-enc"/> > </output> > </operation> > </binding> > > <binding name="CoPrimeSOAPBinding" type="tns:CoPrime"> > <soap:binding style="rpc" > transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/> > > <operation name="areCoprime"> > <soap:operation soapAction=""/> > <input> > <soap:body use="encoded" encodingStyle="soap-enc"/> > </input> > <output> > <soap:body use="encoded" encodingStyle="soap-enc"/> > </output> > </operation> > </binding> > > <!--================================================--> > <service name="Primality"> > <port name="Prime" binding="tns:PrimeSOAPBinding"> > <soap:address > location="http://localhost:8080/axis/services/Primality/Prime"/> > </port> > <port name="CoPrime" binding="tns:CoPrimeSOAPBinding"> > <soap:address > location="http://localhost:8080/axis/services/Primality/CoPrime"/> > </port> > </service> > > </definitions> > Guy Rixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Institute of Astronomy Tel: +44-1223-337542 Madingley Road, Cambridge, UK, CB3 0HA Fax: +44-1223-337523
