How to built SOAP Header namespaces based on the WSDL file - soap

Question

I've been experiencing some issues with the header presentation of a SOAP Request. I think I'm missing something.
My (partial) wsdl looks like this:
<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:aws="http://xml.xxx.com"
xmlns:security_authenticate_6_1="http://xml.xxx.com/VLSSLQ_06_1_1A"
xmlns:security_authenticatereply_6_1="http://xml.xxx.com/VLSSLR_06_1_1A"
targetNamespace="http://xml.xxx.com">
<wsdl:types>
<xsd:schema targetNamespace="http://xml.xxx.com">
<xsd:import namespace="http://xml.xxx.com/ws/2009/01/WBS_Session-2.0.xsd" schemaLocation="WBS_Session-2.0.xsd"/>
<xsd:import namespace="http://xml.xxx.com/VLSSLQ_06_1_1A" schemaLocation="Security_Authenticate_06_1_1A.xsd"/>
<xsd:import namespace="http://xml.xxx.com/VLSSLR_06_1_1A" schemaLocation="Security_AuthenticateReply_06_1_1A.xsd"/>
</xsd:schema>
</wsdl:types>
<wsdl:message name="Session" xmlns:ns0="http://xml.xxx.com/ws/2009/01/WBS_Session-2.0.xsd">
<wsdl:part name="Session" element="ns0:Session"/>
</wsdl:message>
<wsdl:message name="Security_Authenticate_6_1">
<wsdl:part name="Security_Authenticate_6_1" element="security_authenticate_6_1:Security_Authenticate"/>
</wsdl:message>
<wsdl:message name="Security_AuthenticateReply_6_1">
<wsdl:part name="Security_AuthenticateReply_6_1" element="security_authenticatereply_6_1:Security_AuthenticateReply"/>
</wsdl:message>
<wsdl:portType name="XXXWebServicesPT">
<wsdl:operation name="Security_Authenticate">
<wsdl:input message="aws:Security_Authenticate_6_1"/>
<wsdl:output message="aws:Security_AuthenticateReply_6_1"/>
</wsdl:operation>
</wsdl:portType>
<wsdl:binding name="XXXWebServicesBinding" type="aws:XXXWebServicesPT">
<soap:binding style="document" transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/>
<wsdl:operation name="Security_Authenticate">
<soap:operation soapAction="http://webservices.xxx.com/1ASIWJTUTUA/VLSSLQ_06_1_1A"/>
<wsdl:input>
<soap:header message="aws:Session" part="Session" use="literal"/>
<soap:body use="literal"/>
</wsdl:input>
<wsdl:output>
<soap:header message="aws:Session" part="Session" use="literal"/>
<soap:body use="literal"/>
</wsdl:output>
</wsdl:operation>
</wsdl:binding>
<wsdl:service name="XXXWebServices">
<wsdl:port name="XXXWebServicesPort" binding="aws:XXXWebServicesBinding">
<soap:address location="https://test.webservices.xxx.com"/>
</wsdl:port>
</wsdl:service>
</wsdl:definitions>
I want to access the Security_Authenticate action, in which case, the header must look something like:
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/'>
<soapenv:Header>
<wbs:Session xmlns:wbs='http://xml.xxx.com/ws/2009/01/WBS_Session-2.0.xsd'>
<wbs:SessionId></wbs:SessionId>
<wbs:SequenceNumber></wbs:SequenceNumber>
<wbs:SecurityToken></wbs:SecurityToken>
</wbs:Session>
</soapenv:Header>
<soapenv:Body>
<vls:Security_Authenticate>
<vls:tagX>
<vls:tagY>yyy</vls:tagY>
<vls:tagZ>Z</vls:tagZ>
</vls:tagX>
</vls:Security_Authenticate>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
How should I built my soapenvelope and my header namespaces?
Thanks.

Answer 1

You have to declare the namespace before you use the object in the xsd, so in your case, to use the Session object:
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/'>
<soapenv:Header>
<wbs:Session xmlns:wbs='http://xml.xxx.com/ws/2009/01/WBS_Session-2.0.xsd'>
<wbs:SessionId></wbs:SessionId>
<wbs:SequenceNumber></wbs:SequenceNumber>
<wbs:SecurityToken></wbs:SecurityToken>
</wbs:Session>
</soapenv:Header>
...