Configuring a Web Service's Policy

The Web Services Enhancements for Microsoft .NET (WSE) provides a mechanism to declaratively state requirements that a SOAP message must meet to be processed. For example, a Web service might require that a SOAP message be signed with an X.509 certificate.

In This Section

• Policy Overview
  Overview of the Policy support in WSE.

• How to: Create a Policy File
  Provides an overview of the steps you must do to create a policy file.

• How to: Declare a Policy
  Explains how to define policy assertions. A policy assertion is a set of requirements that a SOAP message must meet.

• How to: Map a Policy to a Web Service
  Explains how to apply a policy assertion to a particular endpoint.

• How to: Configure the Policy File
  Explains how to specify the policy file that WSE is to use for an application.

• Walkthrough: Creating a Policy Assertion
  Explains how to implement a class to handle a policy assertion that is not supported by the policy assertion handlers provided by WSE.

• Getting a Web Service's Policy
  Explains how a SOAP message sender can retrieve the policy for a recipient.

• Policy Limitations
  Describes the known limitations of the Policy implementation within the Web Servcies Enhancements for Microsoft .NET (WSE).