Re: [Soaplab-users] Getting Parameters Derived Service

[Martin S. <se...@eb...>]

Hi,
   I cannot add much to the Marc's answer. So please feel free to refine 
or re-phrase your question if you are still in the dark.

   This is a summary:

   1) If you do not use derived services, you need to know parameter
names. And there (in the Soaplab's WSDL/API) is a method to get them
(together with types) - getInputSpec().

   2) If you use derived services, the WSDL has all parameters and their 
types defined as individual methods.

   3) In both cases, however, there is no way to find which parameters are
mutually exclusive, in other words there is no indication about parameter
dependencies (typical example in emboss are parameter names
'sequence_direct_data' and 'sequence_usa' - one of them is always
mandatory, but it does not make sense to use both of them in the same
call). This is a limitation that was never implemented (even though it is
still intended to do so sometimes).

   Regards,
   Martin

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