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package javax.jws;

// $Id$

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Specifies that the given method is exposed as a Web Service operation, making it part of the Web Service’s public
 * contract.  A WebMethod annotation is required for each method that is published by the Web Service.  The associated
 * method must be public and its parameters return value, and exceptions must follow the rules defined in JAX-RPC 1.1,
 * section 5.  The method is not required to throw java.rmi.RemoteException.
 *
 * @author thomas.diesler@jboss.org
 * @since 26-Apr-2005
 */
@Retention(value = RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
   @Target({ElementType.METHOD})
   public @interface WebMethod
{

   /**
    * Name of the wsdl:operation matching this method.  By default the WSDL operation name will be the same
    * as the Java method name.
    */
   String operationName() default "";

   /**
    *  The action for this operation.  For SOAP bindings, this determines the value of the SOAPAction header.
    */
   String action() default "";
}

;
