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The '''Web Services Invocation Framework''' (WSIF) supports a simple and flexible [[Java (programming language)|Java]] API for invoking any [[Web Services Description Language]] (WSDL)-described service.

Using WSIF, WSDL can become the centerpiece of an integration framework for accessing software running on divesediverse platforms which uses different protocols. The software needs to be described using WSDL and have a binding included in its description{{Clarify|reason=|date=July 2020}} that the client's WSIF framework has a provider for. WSIF defines and comes packaged with providers for local Java, [[Enterprise JavaBeans]] (EJB), Java Message Service (JMS), and [[Java EE Connector Architecture]] (JCA) protocols, which means that a client can define an EJB or a [[Java Message Service]]-accessible service directly as a WSDL binding and access it transparently using WSIF, using the same API one would use for a [[SOAP|SOAP service]] or a local Java class.

== Structure ==