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package javax.jws; import java.lang.annotation.Target; import java.lang.annotation.ElementType; import java.lang.annotation.Retention; import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy; /** * Customizes a method that is exposed as a Web Service operation. * 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 Copyright (c) 2004 by BEA Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. * * @since 1.6 */ @Retention(value = RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) @Target({ ElementType.METHOD }) public @interface WebMethod { /** * Name of the wsdl:operation matching this method. * * @specdefault Name of the Java method. */ String operationName() default ""; /** * The action for this operation. * <p> * For SOAP bindings, this determines the value of the soap action. */ String action() default ""; /** * Marks a method to NOT be exposed as a web method. * <p> * Used to stop an inherited method from being exposed as part of this web service. * If this element is specified, other elements MUST NOT be specified for the @WebMethod. * <p> * <i>This member-value is not allowed on endpoint interfaces.</i> * * @since 2.0 */ boolean exclude() default false; };