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Service Definitions

A deployed process contains at least one My Role partner link, and a My Role partner link is assigned a service name in the Process Deployment Descriptor (PDD) file. The service name identifies the WSDL that the ActiveVOS engine generates during deployment, and adds to the Services page. The WSDL includes the messages, operations, service, and binding details for the Web Service exposed by the process’ My Role partner link.

The process receives messages at the Web Service address, which is shown in the following example: 

http://localhost:8080/active-bpel/services/[servicename]

Note: Some services are deployed as external, indicating they are not exposed as Web Services. An example is a Retry Policy service, which is a process deployed to tell the engine how many times to retry a non-communicating service. This type of process is not intended for outside consumption. For more information on External services, see the ActiveVOS Server User Guide.

The following details and links are included on the Service Definitions page.

Name

Service name assigned to a My Role partner link in the PDD file. Select the name to link to the WSDL generated for this partner link. The WSDL is the Web Service that receives inbound messages. The WSDL address is in the form of:

http://localhost:8080/active-bpel/services/[servicename]?wsdl

Process Name

Process containing the My Role partner link associated with this service

Binding

Standard SOAP binding styles indicating how to format inbound messages for the service. Can be one of:

  • MSG (Document Literal)
  • RPC Literal
  • RPC Encoded
  • External
  • Policy

Partner Link

Name assigned to a My Role partner link that is exposing the service. Select the name to link to the Deployed Process Version Detail page.

Using the Selection Filter

To display a service, you can type its name into the Service Name field and select Submit. You can also use the asterisk (*) wildcard to search for names. For example *par* returns all service names containing the “par” characters. To view all services, leave the Service Name field blank and select Submit.

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