Searching for Endpoints

Endpoints record locations where you can actually invoke a service instance. They further record properties and aspects that describe the instance, whether it is in Compliance with WS-I, the state of its availability, which serialization and transport protocols it uses.

To Search for Endpoints...

  1. Click the Catalog tab in the upper left corner of the console.

  2. Click the Endpoints node. This will load the Endpoints view.

  3. In the Endpoints view click the Search Endpoints link. This loads the Search Endpoints control.

  4. Specify any of nine search properties grouped as common, operational or technical.

    This search control can be customized. The properties presented below may not accurately match those in your console.

    Common properties

    • Usage - A classification system identified by the

      uddi:systinet.com: taxonomy:usage
      

      tModel showing publishers' use intentions.

    • Compliance - The endpoints should comply with Web Service Interoperability (WS-I) specifications.

    Operation properties

    • Availability - A classification system identified by the

      uddi:systinet.com: taxonomy:endpoint:availability
      

      tModel showing the state of an endpoints availability.

    • Status - A classification system identified by the

      uddi:systinet.com: taxonomy:endpoint:status
      

      tModel showing the publisher's declared status for the endpoint.

    • Keywords - A classification system identified by the

      uddi-org:general_keywords
      

      tModel, in which the KeyName (left field) represents a naming or value space and the KeyValue (right field) represents a value in that space.

    Technical properties

    • Local Name - the local part of a Qualified name of the endpoint.

    • Namespace - the namespace part of the Qualified name of the endpoint.

    • Protocol - A classification system identified by the

      uddi:uddi.org: wsdl:categorization:protocol
      

      tModel indicating the messaging protocol used by the binding behind an endpoint.

    • Transport - A classification system identified by the

      uddi:uddi.org: wsdl:categorization:transport
      

      tModel indicating the transport layer specified by a binding behind an endpoint.

  5. Click the Find button. This loads the Endpoints Common view.

To Change the View

Simply select the desired view in the Result view list box. The default view options include Common, Operations and Technical. Other views can be added.