Two operation with same name but with different paramteres in WSDL
axis, java, soap, wsdl
Solution
Although it's legal to overload methods in WSLD, but WS-I basic profile disallows this feature. AXIS, JAX-WS, CXF, Spring and some other frameworks claims to be compliant with basic profile. Whoever created this WSDL probably doesn't work with java/BP compliant web services, if you're stuck with these frameworks you'll have to modify WSDL.
Problem
I have a wsdl (RPC encoded) which contains 2 pair of operation which have the same operation name, but have different paramters, and different input/output messages. Here are the important parts of the wsdl (i can generate java code, and the wsdl is valid). ``` <!-- message for the first operation --> <wsdl:message name="SomethingGoodRequest"> <wsdl:part name="paramOne" type="xsd:int"> </wsdl:part> <wsdl:part name="paramTwo" type="soapenc:string"> </wsdl:part> <wsdl:part name="paramThree" type="soapenc:string"> </wsdl:part> <wsdl:part name="paramFour" type="soapenc:string"> </wsdl:part> <wsdl:part name="paramFive" type="soapenc:string"> </wsdl:part> </wsdl:message> <!-- message for the second operation --> <wsdl:message name="SomethingGoodRequest1"> <wsdl:part name="paramOne" type="xsd:int"> </wsdl:part> <wsdl:part name="paramTwo" type="soapenc:string"> </wsdl:part> <wsdl:part name="paramThree" type="tns1:VerySpecialTypeForGoodThings"> </wsdl:part> <wsdl:part name="paramFour" type="soapenc:string"> </wsdl:part> <wsdl:part name="paramFive" type="soapenc:string"> </wsdl:part> </wsdl:message> <!-- the operations --> <wsdl:operation name="SomethingGood" parameterOrder="paramOne paramTwo paramThree paramFour paramFive"> <wsdl:input message="impl:SomethingGoodRequest" name="SomethingGoodRequest" /> <wsdl:output message="impl:SomethingGoodResponse" name="SomethingGoodResponse" /> </wsdl:operation> <wsdl:operation name="SomethingGood" parameterOrder="paramOne paramTwo paramThree"> <wsdl:input message="impl:SomethingGoodRequest1" name="SomethingGoodRequest1" /> <wsdl:output message="impl:SomethingGoodResponse1" name="SomethingGoodResponse1" /> </wsdl:operation> <wsdl:operation name="SomethingGood"> <wsdlsoap:operation soapAction=""/> <wsdl:input name="SomethingGoodRequest"> <wsdlsoap:body encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" namespace="http://nevermind" use="encoded"/> </wsdl:input> <wsdl:output name="SomethingGoodResponse"> <wsdlsoap:body encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" namespace="http://nevermind" use="encoded"/> </wsdl:output> </wsdl:operation> <wsdl:operation name="SomethingGood"> <wsdlsoap:operation soapAction=""/> <wsdl:input name="SomethingGoodRequest1"> <wsdlsoap:body encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" namespace="http://nevermind" use="encoded"/> </wsdl:input> <wsdl:output name="SomethingGoodResponse1"> <wsdlsoap:body encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" namespace="http://nevermind" use="encoded"/> </wsdl:output> </wsdl:operation> ``` The problem is, whenever i try to call the second method (from the two who share the same name) i get this exception (500 Internal Server Error): ``` faultDetail: {}:return code: 500 <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"> <soapenv:Body> <soapenv:Fault> <faultcode>Server</faultcode> <faultstring>Missing operation for soapAction [] and body element [{http://nevermind/}SomethingGood] with SOAP Version [SOAP 1.1]</faultstring> </soapenv:Fault> </soapenv:Body> </soapenv:Envelope> ``` The interesting thing is, that i can call every other operation (from the java client and from SoapUI as well) without any problems, and i can call the first operation from those who share the same name. So i can successfully SomethingGood with 5 parameters, but when i try to call the one with the 3 parameters, i get the exception described above. Is there any workaround, or only by fixing the wsdl? (i got the wsdl, so i can't edit it by myself) Thanks in advance!