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/*

 * Copyright (c) 2004 by BEA Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

 */

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.

 */

@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;

};