Auth Notification in WSDL?

["Jason D. Lee" <ja...@hobbylobby.com>]

Is it possible (or even necessary) for a web service to note in the
generated WSDL (http://...?wsdl) that the service requires authentication?
I'm writing my service in Java, but the client, written by an external
company, will be written in C#, and he's telling me that the stub generation
based on my current WSDL is not creating the method calls for setting up
authentication.  Am I forgetting to do something in my .wsdd or is he
expecting something that won't be there?  Thanks...

-- 
Jason Lee - Programmer
405.745.1789
Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

RE: Auth Notification in WSDL?

[Chris Haddad <ha...@cobia.net>]

Jason - A single standard for defining and implementing authentication
does not exist, so it is hard to understand the dialogue between you and
the external company.

It seems like they are requesting a 'login method' to call. The
implementation will vary depending upon how you've baked security into
your infrastructure.   Maybe you just need to provide them with a spec?

/Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason D. Lee [mailto:jason.lee@hobbylobby.com] 
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 2:51 PM
To: Axis (E-mail)
Subject: Auth Notification in WSDL?

Is it possible (or even necessary) for a web service to note in the
generated WSDL (http://...?wsdl) that the service requires
authentication?
I'm writing my service in Java, but the client, written by an external
company, will be written in C#, and he's telling me that the stub
generation
based on my current WSDL is not creating the method calls for setting up
authentication.  Am I forgetting to do something in my .wsdd or is he
expecting something that won't be there?  Thanks...

-- 
Jason Lee - Programmer
405.745.1789
Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.