javax.jws

Annotation Type WebMethod

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Target(value=METHOD)
public @interface WebMethod

Customizes a method that is exposed as a Web Service operation. The associated method must be public and its parameters return value, and exceptions must follow the rules defined in JAX-RPC 1.1, section 5. The method is not required to throw java.rmi.RemoteException.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
String	action The action for this operation.
boolean	exclude Marks a method to NOT be exposed as a web method.
String	operationName Name of the wsdl:operation matching this method.

Element Detail

operationName

public abstract String operationName

Name of the wsdl:operation matching this method.

Default:

""

action

public abstract String action

The action for this operation.

For SOAP bindings, this determines the value of the soap action.

Default:

""

exclude

public abstract boolean exclude

Marks a method to NOT be exposed as a web method.

Used to stop an inherited method from being exposed as part of this web service. If this element is specified, other elements MUST NOT be specified for the @WebMethod.

This member-value is not allowed on endpoint interfaces.

Since:

2.0

Default:

false