Adding a port to a Service
About this task
A port defines an individual endpoint by specifying a single address for a binding. The port contains a Binding attribute that references a binding and an address element that provides a specification for the endpoint.
Services are used to group sets of related ports together. Ports within a Service have the following relationship:
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None of the ports communicate with each other (for example, the output of one port is not the input of another).
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If a Service has several ports that share a port type, but employ different bindings or addresses, the ports are alternatives. Each port provides semantically equivalent behavior (within the transport and message format limitations imposed by each binding).
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You can determine a Service's port types by examining its ports. Using this information, a user can determine if a given machine supports all the operations needed to complete a given task.
To add a port to a Service, complete the following steps:
Procedure
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In the design workspace, right click the Service you want to add a port
to and select Add Port in the contextual
menu.
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The Port Wizard displays. Fill in the
Name for the port. The name of the port
should provide it with a unique name among all the ports defined within the
Service.
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Select a Protocol for the port from the Protocol list and enter the address of the port into the
Address field that appears.
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Click Finish to validate the creation.
The port is added to the Service and its Properties view displays.
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Type any information about the port you want the user to read in the
Documentation tab of the Properties view.
Results
You can create a new binding for your port or re-use an existing one. A binding defines the message format and protocol details for operations and messages defined by a particular port type. For more information, see Setting a binding.