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jakarta.jws

public @Interface WebMethod

extends Annotation
Annotations
@Retention:RUNTIME
@Target:METHOD
Imports
java.lang.annotation.Target, .ElementType, .Retention, .RetentionPolicy
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 Jakarta XML Web Services Specification, section 5. The method is not required to throw java.rmi.RemoteException.
Since
1.6

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
public String

Returns:

the action
action()

The action for this operation.

public boolean

Returns:

value of true to mark the method to not be exposed or false otherwise
exclude()

Marks a method to NOT be exposed as a web method.

public String

Returns:

the name of the wsdl:operation
operationName()

Name of the wsdl:operation matching this method.

Inherited from java.lang.annotation.Annotation:
annotationTypeequalshashCodetoString

Method Detail

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public String action()

The action for this operation.

For SOAP bindings, this determines the value of the soap action.

Returns:String

the action

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public 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.

Returns:boolean

value of true to mark the method to not be exposed or false otherwise

Since
2.0
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public String operationName()

Name of the wsdl:operation matching this method.

Returns:String

the name of the wsdl:operation