Web services bindings

A set of bindings is a named object that is associated with a specific policy set and service resource attached to the policy set. Bindings contain information that is specific to an environment and platform.

Bindings contain the following types of information:

• Keys used for signature and encryption

• Keystore information

• Authentication information

• Persistent information

Typically, bindings are specific to an application or a platform, which implies that bindings are not normally shared. There exists a set of default bindings that can be used by all policy sets. Custom bindings, however, are defined within an application. One binding is associated with one reference to a policy set; this association is a one-to-one relationship.

You must configure a binding for each of these policy types:

• HTTP Transport

• SSL Transport

• WS-Reliable Messaging

• WS-Security

You do not need to configure a binding for the following policy types:

• WS-Addressing

• WS-Transaction

These two policy types have no properties that can be configured. In a given policy set, these policy types are either included and enabled, or excluded or disabled.

 

Related tasks

Configuring bindings for policy types

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