JAX-WS annotations reference

You can use annotations with Web services to configure bindings and handler chains; and to set names of portType, service and other WSDL parameters. Annotations are used at build time to map Java™ to WSDL files and XML schema, and at run time to control how the JAX-WS runtime environment processes and responds to Web service invocations.

 

Purpose

You can apply annotations to these Java objects:

• Types such as a class, enum or interface

• Methods

• Fields that represent local instance variables in a class

• Parameters in a method

For more information about the annotations that are supported by JAX-WS, see the related references:

• Web Services Metadata Annotations (JSR 181)
  Using annotations from the JSR 181 specification, you can annotate a Web service implementation class or a Web service interface. Then you can generate a Web service with a wizard or by publishing the application to a server.

• JAX-WS 2.0 Annotations (JSR 224)
  The JSR 224 specification defines annotations for JAX-WS 2.0.

• JAX-WS Common Annotations (JSR 250)
  The JSR 250 specification includes annotations for injecting a resource into an endpoint implementation class, and for managing application lifecycle.

• Rules for methods in classes annotated with @WebService
  When you use the @WebService annotation, several rules control how methods are exposed in your Web service and how you can use the @WebMethod annotation.

 

Related concepts

Using annotations to create Web services

 

Related tasks

Annotating a Java bean to create a Web service

Creating a Web service from a Java bean and a WSDL file

Annotating an EJB bean to create a Web service

Related information

JSR 175: A Metadata Facility for the Java Programming Language

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