Annotating the service endpoint interface with @WebService

This recipe explains the possibilities of annotating a service endpoint interface with the @WebService annotation. In the Annotating Java code for web service creation recipe in Chapter 8, Exposing Java Code as a SOAP Service, we covered a similar topic. Here, we provide a more in-depth view of the @WebService annotation and explore the parameters we can set for the @WebService annotation.

Getting ready

In this recipe, we will continue the development of the web service from the Creating a service endpoint interface recipe in this chapter.

How to do it…

Here are the steps we need to perform to annotate the SEI with the @WebService annotation:

1. Right-click on the web service class (org.packt.cc.business.CCGateSvc) and select the Properties… option in JDeveloper. The Java Web Service Editor opens where you can configure the web service creation process.
   
2. Enter CCGateSvc as the service name and CCGateSvcPort as the service port...