WSDL - multiple style="rpc" in the binding section

[Dan Drillich]

All,

Ivan has the following segment in the study notes -


<!-- binding tells us which protocols and encoding styles are used --> <binding name="BookPrice_Binding" type="sd:BookQuote"> <!-- RPC over HTTP. --> <soapbind:binding style="rpc" transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/> <!-- Binding for the getBookPrice operation; RPC for both input and output. --> <operation name="getBookPrice"> <soapbind:operation style="rpc" soapAction="http://www.somedomain.com/xyz/BookQuote/GetBookPrice"/> <input> <soapbind:body use="literal" namespace="http://www.somedomain.com/xyz/BookQuote"/> </input> <output> <soapbind:body use="literal" namespace="http://www.somedomain.com/xyz/BookQuote"/> </output> </operation> </binding>


style="rpc" is specified twice, once for the soapbind:binding element and once for the soapbind: operation element. Are both needed? which one is taken into account when creating the SOAP message?

Regards,
Dan

[Ivan Krizsan]

Hi!
No, both are not required.
If you declare the style to be RPC in a <soapbind:binding> element that is a child of the <binding> element, then it applies to all the operations of the binding.
You can then declare the style for an individual operation if you want to override the above mentioned setting.
Best wishes!

[Dan Drillich]

Makes sense - thank you Ivan.