Web service administration

This section describes the procedures used to manage individual Web services.

Expand the Web service collection that contains the Web service you want to view or modify.

Highlight the Web service.

Select the General tab to view the Web service properties. See Table 5-3 for a description of the Web service properties.
Select the WSDL tab to view the WSDL for this Web service.

If a Web service is deactivated, the Web service icon has an “X” through it. You must activate the Web service to make it available to clients.

Expand the Web service collection that contains the Web service you want to activate.
Right-click the Web service and select Activate.

If a Web service is activated, the Web service icon appears without an “X” through it. Deactivate a Web service to make it unavailable to clients.

Expand the Web service collection that contains the Web service you want to deactivate.
Right-click the Web service and select Deactivate.

This procedure deletes a Web service from a Web service collection.

Table 5-3 describes the Web service properties.

**Table 5-3: Web service properties**
Property type	Property	Description
General	Name	The name of the Web service.
	Description	A description of the Web service.
	Implementation type	The type of component, class, or file that implements the Web service.
	Implementation class name	The name of the class file implementing the Web service.
	Style	The SOAP binding style: Document – indicates that the SOAP body contains an XML document. RPC (remote procedure call) – indicates that the SOAP body contains an XML representation of a method call.
	Use	The SOAP body use: Literal – if using a document binding style. Encoded – if using an RPC binding style.
	Service URL	The path, URL, or endpoint from which the Web service can be accessed.