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.

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