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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.

Author:: Copyright (c) 2004 by BEA Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Optional Element Summary

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.

Optional Element Summary
`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.

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