Generic WSDL vs Specific WSDL

Hi All,
Can you list down the differences between Generic WSDL vs Specific WSDL?
When do we need to prefer Generic against Specific or vice versa?
Also, following are my concerns on Generic WSDL:
If my front end application developed is using Generic wsdl and lets say there are changes to my rule base like adding/deleting entities in data model, or adding/deleting attributes or changing attributes text or changes to public names, then does the client stubs need to regenerate because of the changes to rule base?
Regards,
Mohan

Generic WSDL = XML structure does not change when policy model changes (i.e. new entity in model will mean a new data value is supported, but no change to WSDL)
Specific WSDL = XML structure changes with policy model (i.e. new entity in policy model means new XML element in NEW WSDL)
General Pros / Cons:
- Generic WSDL: WSDL doesn't change, stubs don't change, No useful compile time checking, validation can not occur because the XML elements are fixed regardless of policy model changes.
- Specific WSDL - better compile time checking, can do validation of XML against WSDL, but need to regenerate stubs for policy model changes.
In both cases, you still need to change the code to handle any changes to the policy model that impact the inbound or outbound data "contract". In the generic case, you would be changing which values should be put into the XML or should be expected from the XML (e.g. ID or name attribute values). In the specific WSDL case, you will be dealing with new or deleted XML elements, so generate stubs again and see the new / deleted stubs. Personally, I would use the specific WSDL approach because you will get more compile time checking following a policy model change and regenerating stubs.

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