Variables

• You can define any new variables and assign them parts of messages, or use them to invoke other services.

<complexType name="tAddress">
  <sequence>
    <element name="number" type="xsd:int"/>
    <element name="street" type="xsd:string"/>
    <element name="city" type="xsd:string"/>
    <element name="phone">
      <complexType>
        <sequence>
          <element name="areacode" type="xsd:int"/>
          <element name="exchange" type="xsd:int"/>
          <element name="number" type="xsd:int"/>
        </sequence>
      </complexType>
    </element>
  </sequence>
</complexType>

<element name = "address" type = "tAddress"/>

<!-- this message in the the .wsdl file -->
<message name="person" xmlns:x="http://tempuri.org/bpws/example">
  <part name="full-name" type="xsd:string"/>
  <part name="address" element="x:address"/>
</message>
<!-- -->

<variable name="c1" messageType="x:person"/>
<variable name="c2" messageType="x:person"/>
<variable name="c3" element="x:address"/>

<assign>
  <copy>
    <from variable="c1"/>
    <to variable="c2"/>
  </copy>
  <copy>
    <from variable="c1" part = "address"/>
    <to variable="c3"/>
  </copy>
</assign>