<parameter> element

<parameter> element

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This element represents a method parameter, either input or output (or both).

parents	parameters
children

Attributes

attribute name	data type	usage	default value
description

direction	xsd:token	required
The direction in which the parameter travels in the SOAP envelope. Must be one of: "in", "in/out" or "out". If "in", you must define a mapping> to an element of the request message. If "out", you must define a <mapping> from an element of the reply message. If "in/out", you must define both mappings.

name	xsd:NCName	required
The parameter name; corresponds to the parameter name in the SOAP envelope and the "name" attribute of a <mapping> element. It must be unique within <parameters> and <headers>.

type	xsd:NCName	required
The type of data for this parameter. It may be one of the built-in types or a <type> defined in <types>.

maxOccurs	xsd:positiveInteger	optional	1
If the parameter represents an array, the maximum number of occurrences.