I am trying to use SVCUTIL from the SDK to generate the common types in several web services. When I try to generate code I get the errors (shown at the bottom)- these suggest the WSDL is broken. However, if I import the service in ServiceReferences Visual Studio does not complain. Is SVCUTIL broken?
The WSDLs are public and are:
http://test.wlr3.net/empws/services/WLR3AssuranceServices?wsdl
http://test.wlr3.net/empws/services/WLR3BillingServices?wsdl
http://test.wlr3.net/empws/services/WLR3DialogueServices?wsdl
http://test.wlr3.net/empws/services/WLR3FulfillmentServices?wsdl
http://test.wlr3.net/empws/services/WLR3InventoryServices?wsdl
http://test.wlr3.net/empws/services/WLR3InventoryOrderServices?wsdl
http://test.wlr3.net/empws/services/WLR3InventoryTroubleReportServices?wsdl
http://test.wlr3.net/empws/services/WLR3InventoryWorkItemServices?wsdl
http://test.wlr3.net/empws/services/WLR3IssueServices?wsdl
http://test.wlr3.net/empws/services/WLR3ReportingServices?wsdl
http://test.wlr3.net/empws/services/WLR3SecurityServices?wsdl
If you check these out you’ll see a lot of common types and several namespaces. I’ve tried sending these to SVCUTIL to generate the code but it doesn’t like the FulfillmentServices and the InventoryServices ones:
Error: Cannot import wsdl:portType
Detail: An exception was thrown while running a WSDL import extension: System.ServiceModel.Description.XmlSerializerMessageContractImporter
Error: Cannot import invalid schemas. Compilation on the XmlSchemaSet failed.
XPath to Error Source: //wsdl:definitions[@targetNamespace='http://imperatives.co.uk/V20']/wsdl:portType[@name='WLR3FulfilmentServices']
Error: Cannot import wsdl:binding
Detail: There was an error importing a wsdl:portType that the wsdl:binding is dependent on.
XPath to wsdl:portType: //wsdl:definitions[@targetNamespace='http://imperatives.co.uk/V20']/wsdl:portType[@name='WLR3FulfilmentServices']
XPath to Error Source: //wsdl:definitions[@targetNamespace='http://imperatives.co.uk/V20']/wsdl:binding[@name='WLR3FulfillmentServicesHttpBinding']
Error: Cannot import wsdl:port
Detail: There was an error importing a wsdl:binding that the wsdl:port is dependent on.
XPath to wsdl:binding: //wsdl:definitions[@targetNamespace='http://imperatives.co.uk/V20']/wsdl:binding[@name='WLR3FulfillmentServicesHttpBinding']
XPath to Error Source: //wsdl:definitions[@targetNamespace='http://imperatives.co.uk/V20']/wsdl:service[@name='WLR3FulfillmentServices']/wsdl:port[@name='WLR3FulfillmentServicesHttpPort']
As per comments to the question, there is a small difference in the two problem WSDLs. I compared these with older versions and found there is a type in these based on a virtual base type called “Dto”.
This is applied to only two types – one in the Fulfillment Services and one in the Inventory Services, and these are also found in other WSDLs but without the base – the WSDL files are not consistent.
So I can exponerate SVCUTIL here and give the supplier a kick..
Thanks to John Saunders for looking at it