Constant values (public static final String) are not shown??

Question

This has already been posted and no body answered. Any help is appreciated.
In web service is it possible to expose the Constants used in the application. Let say for my web service I need to pass value for Operation, possible values for this are (add, delete, update). Is it possible expose these constant values(add, delete, update) visible to client application accesssing the web service.
Server Side:
public static final String ADD = "ADDOPP";
public static final String DELETE = "DELETEOPP";
public static final String UPDATE = "UPDATEOPP";
client Side: mywebserviceport.setOperation( mywebservicePort.ADD );
thanks
vijay

Answer 1

Sure, you can use JAX-WS and enums.
For example on the server:
@WebService
public class echo {
public enum Status {RED, YELLOW, GREEN}
@WebMethod
public Status echoStatus(Status status) {
return status;
on the client you get.
@WebService(name = "Echo", wsdlLocation ="..." )
public interface Echo {
@WebMethod
public Status echoStatus(
@WebParam(name = "arg0", targetNamespace = "")
Status arg0);
@XmlEnum
public enum Status {
GREEN,
RED,
YELLOW;
public String value() {
return name();
public static Status fromValue(String v) {
return valueOf(v);
}