- Note:
- The Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Object Discovery Agent (ODA) is
used for generating business objects for request processing and, when a WSDL
Interface file is available, for event processing.
Collaborations use the connector to invoke web services. Or you
can expose collaborations as web services. Web services are described
using WSDL (Web Services Description Language). This chapter describes
how to use the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Object Discovery Agent
(ODA) to generate business objects. The connector and SOAP data handler
use these business objects when collaborations invoke a web service and when
exposing collaborations as web services.
You use the WSDL ODA to generate business objects for two purposes:
- The WSDL ODA can take a WSDL implementation file and generate business
objects for a collaboration to invoke an external web service.
- The WSDL ODA can take a WSDL interface file and generate business objects
for a collaboration that is exposed as a web service.
You can launch the WSDL ODA when you use the Business Object
Designer. The WSDL ODA reads a WSDL document and creates the business
objects required by the connector and SOAP data handler. The WSDL ODA
simplifies the job of business object development.
- Note:
- The WSDL ODA handles SOAP/HTTP and SOAP/JMS bindings in a WSDL.
