createClassFromWsdl (External Interfaces Reference)

Create MATLAB object based on WSDL file

Syntax

```
createClassFromWsdl('source')
```

Description

createClassFromWsdl('source') creates a MATLAB object based on a Web Services Description Language (WSDL) application program interface (API). The source argument specifies a URL or path to a WSDL API, which defines Web service methods, arguments, and transactions. It returns the name of the new class.

Based on the WSDL API, the createClassFromWsdl function creates a new folder in the current directory. The folder contains an M-file for each Web service method. In addition, two default M-files are created: the object's display method (display.m) and its constructor (servicename.m).

For example, if myWebService offers two methods (method1 and method2), the createClassFromWsdl function creates

@myWebService folder in the current directory

method1.m -- M-file for method1

method2.m -- M-file for method2

display.m -- Default M-file for display method

myWebService.m -- Default M-file for the myWebService MATLAB object

Remarks

For more information about WSDL and Web services, see the following resources:

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) WSDL specification

W3C SOAP specification

XMethods

Example

The following example calls a Web service that returns the book price for an International Standard Bibliographic Number (ISBN).

% The createClassFromWsdl function takes the WSDL URL as an 
% argument.
createClassFromWsdl(...
     'http://www.xmethods.net/sd/2001/BNQuoteService.wsdl');
bq = BNQuoteService;
% getPrice is the web service method. The first argument, 
% bq, is an instance of the BNQuoteService class. The
% second argument, 0735712719, is an ISBN number.
getPrice(bq, '0735712719');

See Also
callSoapService, createSoapMessage, parseSoapResponse

callSoapService createSoapMessage