Import for WSDL Documents in rpc-Style Format in SAP XI

Use

The Integration Builder enables you to import WSDL documents so that you can use the message definitions they contain. Provided certain preconditions are met, you can use the imported message definitions as external messages in other Integration Builder editors, and in proxy generation.

For technical reasons, proxy generation and the respective editors in the Integration Builder do not support the entire language range of XML schema and WSDL. For an overview of which language elements are supported, see the Excel spreadsheet in the SAP Service Marketplace at service.sap.com/xi ® Media Library ® Documentation: SAP XI 3.0 (SP11) – Supported XML Schema and WSDL (EN).

The Integration Builder expects external messages in document-style format. However, you can still import WSDL documents in rpc-style format. The Integration Builder converts such documents into an equivalent WSDL document in document-style format.

Prerequisites

● Although it does not conform with the standard, a WSDL document can contain operations with message definitions in both document-style format and in rpc-style format. In this case, before importing the WSDL document, you must first split it into two documents: one that only contains definitions in document-style format, and one that only contains definitions in rpc-style format.

● The WSDL document in rpc-style format must also not use any soapenc:Array types; these are often used in SOAP code in documents with this format. soapenc:Array uses the tag , which the Integration Builder editors or proxy generation either ignore or do not support.

You can replace soapenc:Array types with an equivalent ; see the WS-I example under http://www.ws-i.org/Profiles/BasicProfile-1.0-2004-04-16.html#refinement16556272.

● You have created an external definition in the Integration Builder (Design).

Features

When you import a WSDL document in rpc-style format, the Integration Builder performs several conversions. In the following, a source document refers to the WSDL document in rpc-style format to be imported, and the target document refers to the WSDL document in document-styleformat to be created during the import. Once the document has been imported, the source document is displayed on the Imported Documents tab page, and the target document is displayed on the WSDL tab page.

There are two kinds of definitions in a WSDL document: an abstract description (contains the elements , and ), and a concrete description (contains the elements and ). Only the abstract description is required in the Integration Repository. Therefore, the import function concentrates on this part.

Conversion of Namespaces

In the case of WSDL documents in rpc-style format, in the concrete description of the WSDL document, the same operations can have different SOAP bindings. In this case, each SOAP binding can have a different namespace; this determines the namespace of the root element of the message. See also: http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl#_soap:body

To simplify the process of importing the source document, the Integration Builder ignores the part with the concrete description and consequently the namespace of the SOAP binding. Instead, the Integration Builder proceeds as follows with regard to the namespace:

● The target namespace of the WSDL schema (from ) is used as the target namespace for the root element of messages during import.

● The target namespaces of the schemata for the WSDL types (from ) do not change during import.

● If the target namespace for the root element of the messages is identical to the target namespace of another schema, both schemata are included in a common schema for the target document.

Conversion of Names

There are naming conventions for WSDL documents in rpc-style; these are used to avoid naming conflicts. For example, the name of the root element of the input message of an operation must have the same name as the operation. To ensure that these naming conventions also apply for imported WSDL documents, the Integration Builder checks all definitions and all operations of these definitions in the source document and adjusts the names of the root element for messages that do not satisfy the naming conventions.

The name of the root element of a message is defined in the tag by using the attribute element. In the table below, the name of the message refers to the name of the root element:

Naming Conversions for Message Defintions

Message Type	Conversion During Import
Input Message	If the target document does not contain a message with the name of the last operation read, the Integration Builder creates a new message and a new element with the message definition.
Output Message	If the target document does not contain a message with the same name as the last operation read, and it does not have the suffix 'response', the Integration Builder creates a new message and a new element with the message definition.
Fault Message	If the target document does not contain a fault message with the same name as the last fault message read, the Integration Builder copies the fault message and the message definition to the target document.

Activities

To import the parameter-oriented WSDL document, during the import, in the drop-down listbox Messages, select the entry Except rpc-style (see also: External Definitions).