Operations

Operations in Consumable Web Services

In the Operations screen all the information is available for the correct working of the Web Service. In a Consumable Web Service the information can only be viewed to check whether the WSDL contract has been correctly imported. Therefore in a Consumable Web Service the Buttons will be grayed out as shown below.

PortType

In the PortType pane a list the PortTypes defined for this Web Service are shown.

Operation

When a PortType has been selected in the PortType pane, the available Operations for this PortType will be listed in the Operation pane.

Mapping

When an Operation has been selected in the Operation pane, the available Parameter Mappings for this Operation will be listed in the Mapping pane. The available parameter mappings are derived from the routine selected for the Operation the listed Parameter Mappings are for.

In a Consumable Web Service the Mapping defines the type and order of parameters in the Web Service subroutine to call from the code, see Managing Consumable Mappings.

In the Operations screen all the information is available for the correct working of the Web Service.

warning The validity of the PortType, Operation and Mapping settings is not checked by AMT. It is the responsibility of the developer to ensure that these settings are correct for the Web Service to work properly.

PortType

In the PortType pane a list the PortTypes defined for this Web Service are shown.

PortType entries can be added or removed with the buttons at the bottom of the pane.

Clicking on a PortType entry will open the Object Inspector window where the details of the selected PortType can be viewed and edited.

Operation

When a PortType has been selected in the PortType pane, the available Operations for this PortType will be listed in the Operation pane.

Operation entries can be added or removed with the buttons at the bottom of the pane.

Clicking on an Operation entry will open the Object Inspector window where the details of the selected Operation can be viewed and edited.

Mapping

When an Operation has been selected in the Operation pane, the available Parameter Mappings for this Operation will be listed in the Mapping pane.

Parameters can be added or removed with the buttons above the listed parameters.
Clicking on a Parameter entry will open the Object Inspector window where the details of the selected Parameter can be viewed and edited.

In a Consumable Web Service the Mapping defines the type and order of parameters in the Web Service subroutines to call from the code, see Managing Consumable Mappings.