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Single WSDL or multiple?

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HI, The component being developed hosts several web services with many clients. Should my component have a single WSDL file that has all the web services definition in one file or should I split them into individual web service WSDL? What is the best approach?

asked 2014-05-19

Sapna

3 answers

Wouter van Maasakker · Answer 1 · 2014-05-19

Hi there,

Usually I would publish one webservice with all operations. In that case you'll only have to spread that specific wsdl with your connection parties.

Sometimes, when you have lots of operations, it could be useful to combine specific operations and to publish several webservices. But it's only for usability purposes.

Kind regards, Wouter.

Ronald Catersels · Answer 2 · 2014-05-19

Good question. My gut feeling would be to seperate them. With only one webservice all the request will end up there while if you have several the performance would be better because multiple request can be handled.

Regards,

Ronald

Eco Moll · Answer 3 · 2014-05-19

I think it depends on the number of audiences. If you have more than one, I would define a separate webservice for each audience, with only their relevant operations.