Creating and Consuming Web Services in Visual Basic®

Chapter 4. Shaping the WSDL, XML, and SOAP Message

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Shaping the WSDL File

• Creating a Custom SOAP Extension

• Creating a Server Based on a WSDL File

• Using Visual Studio to Register Your SOAP Endpoint in UDDI-

So far, we have covered how to write a basic server and client, and covered the basics behind SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI. To write self-documenting WSDL files, state the exact form your objects will take and publish that data to the Internet, you will need a bit more knowledge of what tools are available.

.NET includes a number of attributes that let you control every aspect of your WSDL file. Because your messages must follow the interfaces and types that appear in your WSDL file, you also end up modeling the way that messages appear ...