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Prerequisites

  • You have located a Web service client for which you want to create logical ports. For more information, see Finding Web Service Clients .

  • To create a logical port based on the location of a WSDL document, you need the following information:

    • The URL to the WSDL document of the service.

      You have to use the URL to the WSDL of a configured service definition. It contains the settings of the service definition in the form of policy assertions compliant with the WS-Policy standard. You can copy the WSDL URL from the details about the service definition. It ends with the following parameter: mode=ws_policy . For more information, see Managing WSDL Documents .

    • The name of the service endpoint for which you want to create a logical port.

  • To create a logical port manually by using the service endpoint URL directly, you have to know the service endpoint URL.

Procedure

  1. Select a consumer proxy and choose the Configuration tab.
    Note

    You cannot create logical ports for Web service clients whose connectivity type is XI.

  2. Choose the New button.
  3. To configure XI transport for an outbound proxy, choose XI 3.0 Transport Binding and proceed as follows:

    1. Enter name for the logical port.

    2. In the Sender Party field, enter new sender party name.

    3. In the Sender Service field, enter new sender service name.

    4. Choose Finish .

  4. To configure SOAP transport for an outbound proxy, choose SOAP Transport Binding and proceed as follows:

    1. Choose Next .

    2. Choose the source of the endpoint URL that you want to use. The following options are available:

      • Import from WSDL URL

        The system automatically extracts the endpoint URL from the WSDL document of a service.

        1. Choose Import from WSDL URL , and then choose Next .

        2. At the WSDL URL step, enter the path to the WSDL document, and then enter a user name and a password, and then choose Next .

        3. At the Service Endpoint step, choose the name of the endpoint for which you want to create a logical port, and then choose Next .

        4. At the Details step, the Logical PortName and the Web Service EndpointURL fields are automatically populated with the name of the service endpoint, and the service endpoint URL. Proceed as follows:

          1. Choose Set as default if you want to mark the logical port as the default one. In this case, if the consumer application is not designed to call a specific logical port for a service, it calls the logical port marked as default.

          2. Set the necessary runtime configuration settings.

            The Configuring Web Service Connectivity Options to Logical Ports document explains the runtime settings you can apply for the logical ports.

            More information: Configuring Web Service Connectivity Options to Logical Ports

        5. Choose Save .

      • Enter Manually

        The system uses the exact endpoint URL to create a logical port.

        1. Choose Enter Manually , and then choose Next .

        2. At the Details step, proceed as follows:

          1. Enter a unique name for the logical port.

          2. Choose Set as default if you want to mark the logical port as the default one. In this case, if the consumer application is not designed to call a specific logical port for a service, it calls the logical port marked as default.

          3. In the WS EndpointURL field, enter the endpoint URL.

          4. Set the necessary runtime configuration settings.

            The Configuring Web Service Connectivity Options to Logical Ports document explains the runtime settings you can apply for the logical ports.

            More information: Configuring Web Service Connectivity Options to Logical Ports

        3. Choose Save .

Next Steps

Configuring Individual Web Service Clients