About the WSDL Editor

The WSDL Editor enables you to edit Web Services Description Language (WSDL) files.

WSDL is an XML-based language for describing web services. A WSDL file contains the following types of information:

• Information about the functionality of the web service

• Information about how to access the web service

The WSDL Editor supports version 1.1 of the WSDL specification.

The WSDL Editor provides the following views:

• In the Source View, the underlying XML source code appears.

• In the WSDL View, the WSDL file appears as a tree component or a series of columns.

• In the Partner View, you can visualize and configure the abstract elements in a WSDL file.

To create a WSDL file, you use a wizard. You must choose one of the following approaches:

• Create a WSDL file from scratch

• Create a WSDL file based on an existing WSDL file