Adding a Web Reference

ActiveBPEL® Designer User’s Guide

Adding a Web Reference

You can add an existing WSDL file to Web References by following the procedure below. If you create a new WSDL file, as described in Creating an Activity Using the Operation Wizard, the new WSDL is automatically added to Web References.

Tip: Before adding a WSDL file to ActiveBPEL, copy the file to your [ActiveBPEL installation folder]\Designer\Workspace\BPEL project folder, where you might also later add other related files for deployment to an ActiveBPEL server. Refresh the BPEL project.

To add a Web Reference:

In the Web References view toolbar, click the Globe icon with a plus sign.
In the Add Web References dialog, do one or more of the following:

Select Browse File System to locate WSDL files or schemas on your computer or network
Select Browse Projects to locate WSDL files or schemas you have added to a workspace project
Type in an URL, such as the following example: http://www.xmethods.net/sd/2001/TemperatureService.wsdl

Select as many files as you wish. The target namespace referenced in each WSDL is displayed.

See the example illustration below.

Click OK. Each WSDL file is validated before it is added to Web References.

Add Web Reference dialog

Note: The Target Namespace is a convention of XML Schema that enables the WSDL document to refer to itself. It is a value that is unique, different from all other namespaces that are defined.

Note: Tip: You can drop WSDL files and schemas into Web References from the Navigator.