Annotation in JAX-WS

What are the list of Annotation in JAX-WS in Java? Different types of annotations are being used in JAX-WS for implementing Java JAX-WS web services.

You will learn various Java JAX-WS annotations and its used. This post is very intesting because you find Java JAX-WS annotations cheat sheet.

1. Annotation in JAX-WS used

In Java JAX-WS all the annotation driven class exist in javax.ws package. Java JAX-WS annotations cheat sheet as follows in the form of table.

2. @WebService Annotation

import javax.jws.WebService;

@WebService
public class GreetingServiceImpl implements GreetingService {

    public String printMessage() {
        return "Hello, World!";
    }
}

3. @WebMethod Annotation Example

@WebMethod will be used on the method level only for notifying to JVM this method will be used as an operation. This specified this method represents the operation of web service. And the Method will be public accessibility.

import javax.jws.WebService;

@WebService
@SOAPBinding(style = SOAPBinding.Style.RPC)
public class GreetingServiceImpl implements GreetingService {
    
    @WebMethod
    public String printMessage() {
        return "Hello, World!";
    }
}

4. @SOAPBinding Annotation Example

This @SOAPBinding annotation in JAX-WS is used to specify the SOAP messaging style which further can either be RPC stype or Document style. Here, style represents the encoding style of message sent to and fro while using the Java web service.

import javax.jws.WebService;
import javax.jws.soap.SOAPBinding;

@WebService
@SOAPBinding(style = SOAPBinding.Style.RPC)
public class GreetingServiceImpl implements GreetingService {

    public String printMessage() {
        return "Hello, World!";
    }
}

5. @HandlerChain Annotation Example

import javax.jws.HandlerChain;
import javax.jws.WebService;
import javax.jws.soap.SOAPBinding;

@WebService
@HandlerChain(file = "handlers.xml")
@SOAPBinding(style = SOAPBinding.Style.RPC)
public class GreetingServiceImpl implements GreetingService {

    public String printMessage() {
        return "Hello, World!";
    }
}

11. Reference for Java JAX-WS Annotations

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