Importing xsd into wsdl

Question

This is my current configuration:

XSD

Answer 1

You have a couple of problems here.

First, the XSD has an issue where an element is both named or referenced; in your case should be referenced.

Change:

To:

And:

• Remove the declaration of the global element Stock
• Create a complex type declaration for a type named Stock

So:

To:

Make sure you fix the xml closing tags.

The second problem is that the correct way to reference an external XSD is to use XSD schema with import/include within a wsdl:types element. wsdl:import is reserved to referencing other WSDL files. More information is available by going through the WS-I specification, section WSDL and Schema Import. Based on WS-I, your case would be:

INCORRECT: (the way you showed it)

CORRECT:

SOME processors may support both syntaxes. The XSD you put out shows issues, make sure you first validate the XSD.

It would be better if you go the WS-I way when it comes to WSDL authoring.

Other issues may be related to the use of relative vs. absolute URIs in locating external content.