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Interoperating with Web Services Addressing endpoints that do not support the default specification supported by WebSphere Application Server

A target web service endpoint might not support the same Web Services Addressing (WS-Addressing) namespace as this product. In most cases, we do not have to undertake any extra actions to interoperate with such endpoints, however some scenarios require additional steps in the implementation of the web service.

WebSphere Application Server supports the default WS-Addressing 2005/08 namespace http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing. Complete this task to interoperate with endpoints that support other namespaces. This task specifically describes interoperation with endpoints that are hosted on a node that supports only the 2004/08 namespace: http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing.

If you are using the standard JAX-WS API, ensure that you use the appropriate feature, annotation or endpoint reference class for the 2004/08 namespace.

If you are sending to or receiving messages from an endpoint that supports only the 2004/08 namespace, we do not have to undertake any additional steps for interoperability. This product recognizes and understands incoming WS-Addressing messages that conform to the 2004/08 specification, and outbound messages automatically adhere to the namespace of their destination endpoint reference. If we are sending a request, all WS-Addressing elements, such as reply endpoint or fault endpoint elements, must use the same namespace as the message. Any discrepancy results in a JAX-WS or JAX-RPC configuration error.

If we are interacting in a different way with an endpoint that supports only the 2004/08 namespace, such as exporting endpoint references in the message header or body, and you are not using the JAX-WS standard API, you must undertake additional steps as detailed later in this topic.


Related concepts

  • Web Services Resource Framework support
  • Web Services Addressing APIs
  • IBM proprietary Web Services Addressing SPIs


    Related tasks

  • Create stateful web services using the Web Services Resource Framework


    Related information:

    JSR-109 specification