Michael, I do advocate starting from WSDL, but i do find it convenient to start from a java skeleton code and then tweak the wsdl using the wsdl editors like XMLSPY.
thanks, dims On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 21:31:33 +0100, Michael Schuerig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One thing that didn't become clear for me during this thread is why > people are using java2wsdl at all. When I started with Axis and web > services, I, too, had the idea of making Axis generate the "right" WSDL > for me automagically. I've given up on this idea since. I don't object > to generating wsdl from a programming language in general, but to my > mind, in cases where interoperability is of supreme importance, a WSDL > definition is the starting point. [1] > > The mapping between Java and WSDL involves some loss in either > direction; the two languages are different in expressiveness and in > what they emphasize. In particular, I wouldn't expect roundtrip mapping > to give sensible results. > > Michael > > [1] http://webservices.xml.com/pub/a/ws/2003/07/22/wsdlfirst.html > -- > Michael Schuerig The more it stays the same, > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The less it changes! > http://www.schuerig.de/michael/ --Spinal Tap, The Majesty of Rock > -- Davanum Srinivas - http://webservices.apache.org/~dims/
