javax.xml.ws.soap

Annotation Type Addressing

@Target(value=TYPE)
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Documented
@WebServiceFeatureAnnotation(id="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing/module",
                             bean=AddressingFeature.class)
public @interface Addressing

This feature represents the use of WS-Addressing with either the SOAP 1.1/HTTP or SOAP 1.2/HTTP binding. Using this feature with any other binding is NOT required.

The following describes the effects of this feature with respect to be enabled or disabled:

• ENABLED: In this Mode, WS-Addressing will be enabled. At runtime, WS-Addressing headers MUST be consumed by the receiver and produced by the sender even if the WSDL declares otherwise. The mustUnderstand="0" attribute MUST be used on the response WS-Addressing headers.
• DISABLED: In this Mode, WS-Addressing will be disabled even if an associated WSDL specifies otherwise. At runtime, WS-Addressing headers MUST NOT be used. WS-Addressing may be explicitly disabled to prevent a JAX-WS implementation from consuming and producing WS-Addressing headers. If an application has implemented WS-Addressing itself, it MUST explicitly disable this feature. Not doing so may break compatibility with future versions of JAX-WS.

The required property can be used to specify if WS-Addressing headers MUST be present on incoming messages. By default the required property is false.

The definition of this annotation is incomplete in this release of JAX-WS as there is no standard way to convey the use of WS-Addressing via a WSDL and there is no standard definition for the default value of WS-Addressing Action headers; however, the runtime behavior of this annotation is well-defined. It is intended that a future version of JAX-WS will require the use of the standard mechanism to convey the use of WS-Addressing via WSDL and default values for WS-Addressing Action headers as defined by the W3C WG on WS-Addressing.

To write a portable endpoint and its corresponding client with this version of JAX-WS, an endpoint MUST explicitly specify what WS-Addressing Actions are to be used via the Action and FaultAction annotations. The client MUST explicitly enable addresssing via the AddressingFeature, and for each invocation, the client MUST explicitly set the BindingProvider.SOAPACTION_URI_PROPERTY. After the W3C WG on WS-Addressing has specified how the use of WS-Addressing is specified in the WSDL, and what the default value must be for Action headers, a future version of JAX-WS will remove these requirements.

See Web Services Addressing - Core and Web Services Addressing 1.0 - SOAP Binding for more information on WS-Addressing.

Since:

JAX-WS 2.1

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
boolean	enabled Specifies if this feature is enabled or disabled.
boolean	required Property to determine if WS-Addressing headers MUST be present on incoming messages.

Element Detail

enabled

public abstract boolean enabled

Specifies if this feature is enabled or disabled.

Default:

true

required

public abstract boolean required

Property to determine if WS-Addressing headers MUST be present on incoming messages.

Default:

false