Hosting a WSDL file

You can host a WSDL file using the information provided here.

The Web Service Receiver Server Connector provides the "wsdlRequested" Connector Attribute to the AssemblyLine.

If an HTTP request arrives and the requested HTTP resource ends with "?WSDL" then the Connector sets the value of the "wsdlRequested" Attribute to true; otherwise the value of this Attribute is set to false.

This Attribute's value tells the AssemblyLine whether the request received is a SOAP request or a request for a WSDL file, and allows the AssemblyLine to distinguish between pure SOAP requests and HTTP requests for the WSDL file. The AssemblyLine can use a branch component to execute only the required piece of logic – (1) when a request for the WSDL file has been received, then the AssemblyLine can read a WSDL file and send it back to the web service client; (2) when a SOAP request has been received the AssemblyLine will handle the SOAP request. Alternatively, you could program the system.skipEntry(); call at an appropriate place (in a script component, in a hook in the first Connector in the AssemblyLine, etc.) to skip further processing.

It is the responsibility of the AssemblyLine to provide the necessary response to either a SOAP request or a request for a WSDL file.

The Connector implements a public method:

public String readFile (String aFileName) throws IOException;

This method can be used from IBM® Security Directory Integrator JavaScript in a script component to read the contents of a WSDL file on the local file system. The AssemblyLine can then return the contents of the WSDL in the "soapResponse" Attribute, and thus to the web service client in case a request for the WSDL was received.