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Figure 11-2.
A web service operation consists of input and output messages.
Relatedoperationsareoftengroupedintoan
interface
,whichisconceptuallysimilar
toaJavainterface.A
binding
providesconcretedetailsonhowaninterfaceisboundto
amessagingprotocol(particularlySOAP)tocommunicatecommands,errorcodes,and
other items over the wire.
Thecombinationofabindinganda
network address
(anIPaddressandaport)URI
isknownasan
endpoint
,andacollectionofendpointsisawebservice.
Figure11-3
il-
lustrates this architecture.
