WSDL file:

					
<message name="AuthorNotFoundException">
     <part name="Author" type="xsd:string" />
</message>

<portType name ="BookSearch">
     <operation name="getBooksByAuthor" >
          <input message="tns:getAuthorName">
          <output message="tns:getBookList">
          <fault name="AuthorNotFoundException" message="tns:AuthorNotFoundException">
     </operation>
</portType>
					
					

Generated service endpoints interface (SEI):

public interface BookSearch extends java.rmi.Remote {
	public Books[] getBooksByAuthor(String authorName) throws java.rmi.RemoteException,
			com.acme.AuthorNotFoundException;
}
					

Generated exception class:

public class AuthorNotFoundException extends java.lang.Exception{	
	...	
	public AuthorNotFoundException(String Author) {
     	...
	}
	
	public getAuthor() {...}
}
					

More detailed example (also demonstrates references in SOAP 1.1 message):

WSDL file:

<wsdl:definitions xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
                   xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
                  xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/"
                   xmlns:tns="http://www.example.com"
             targetNamespace="http://www.example.com">

 <wsdl:types>
   <xsd:schema targetNamespace="http://www.example.com">

     <!-- "Person" type used by "compare" operation,
          note use optional attributes -->

     <xsd:complexType name="Person">
       <xsd:sequence>
         <xsd:element name="firstName" type="xsd:string" />
         <xsd:element name="lastName" type="xsd:string" />
       </xsd:sequence>
       <xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:ID" use="optional" />
       <xsd:attribute name="href" type="xsd:anyURI" use="optional" />
     </xsd:complexType>

   </xsd:schema>
 </wsdl:types>

 <!-- RPC style message definitions -->

 <wsdl:message name="compareInput">
   <wsdl:part name="person1" type="tns:Person" />
   <wsdl:part name="person2" type="tns:Person" />
 </wsdl:message>

 <wsdl:message name="compareOutput">
   <wsdl:part name="result" type="xsd:boolean" />
 </wsdl:message>

 <!-- Geometry portType -->

 <wsdl:portType name="Human">
   <wsdl:operation name="compare">
     <wsdl:input message="tns:compareInput" />
     <wsdl:output message="tns:compareOutput" />
   </wsdl:operation>
 </wsdl:portType>

 <!-- Binding for "Human" portType that
      uses SOAP encoding -->

 <wsdl:binding name="HumanBinding" type="tns:Human">
   <soap:binding style="rpc" transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http" 
   <wsdl:operation name="compare">
     <soap:operation soapAction="" style="rpc" />
     <wsdl:input message="tns:compareInput">
       <soap:body namespace="http://www.example.com" use="literal" />
     </wsdl:input>
     <wsdl:output message="tns:compareOutput">
       <soap:body namespace="http://www.example.com" use="literal" />
     </wsdl:output>
   </wsdl:operation>
 </wsdl:portType>

</wsdl:definitions>
					
					

Will generate SEI:

public interface Human extends java.rmi.Remote {
	public boolean compare(Person person1, Person person2) throws java.rmi.RemoteException;
}					
					

Following Web-Service call:

Person one = new Person("Mikalai", "Zaikin");
Person two = new Person("Volha", "Zaikina");
boolean b = port.compare(one, two);					
					

will be serialized in the following SOAP 1.1 message:

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap= "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
  
    <ns:compare xmlns:ns="http://www.example.com">
      <person1>
        <firstName>Mikalai</firstName>
        <lastName>Zaikin</lastName>
      </person1>
      <person2>
        <firstName>Volha</firstName>
        <lastName>Zaikina</lastName>
      </person2>
    </ns:compare>
    
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
					
					

Following Web-Service call:

Person one = new Person("Mikalai", "Zaikin");
boolean b = port.compare(one, one);								
					

will be serialized in the following SOAP 1.1 message:

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap= "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
  
    <ns:compare xmlns:ns="http://www.example.com">
      <person1 href="#unique_person_id" />
      <person2 href="#unique_person_id" />
    </ns:compare>

    <ns:Person id="unique_person_id" xmlns:ns="http://www.example.com">
      <firstName>Mikalai</firstName>
      <lastName>Zaikin</lastName>
    </ns:Person>
    
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>