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2.2. Adding data units to a contract

Depending on how you choose to create your WSDL contract, creating new data definitions requires varying amounts of knowledge. The Apache CXF GUI tools provide a number of aids for describing data types using XML Schema. Other XML editors offer different levels of assistance. Regardless of the editor you choose, it is a good idea to have some knowledge about what the resulting contract should look like.

Procedure

Defining the data used in a WSDL contract involves the following steps:
  1. Determine all the data units used in the interface described by the contract.
  2. Create a types element in your contract.
  3. Create a schema element, shown in Example 2.1, “Schema entry for a WSDL contract”, as a child of the type element.
    The targetNamespace attribute specifies the namespace under which new data types are defined. The remaining entries should not be changed.

    Example 2.1. Schema entry for a WSDL contract

    <schema targetNamespace="http://schemas.iona.com/bank.idl"
        xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
        xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/">
  4. For each complex type that is a collection of elements, define the data type using a complexType element. See Section 2.4.1, “Defining data structures”.
  5. For each array, define the data type using a complexType element. See Section 2.4.2, “Defining arrays”.
  6. For each complex type that is derived from a simple type, define the data type using a simpleType element. See Section 2.4.4, “Defining types by restriction”.
  7. For each enumerated type, define the data type using a simpleType element. See Section 2.4.5, “Defining enumerated types”.
  8. For each element, define it using an element element. See Section 2.5, “Defining elements”.