Keep gettting a hard time from people

Question

firstly apologies as this may be the wrong section to post, but it has the 'c#' word in it
most of you guys know im self studying, picking up books and learning at my own pace in my own way, nd making some good progress.
but my friends and family say that i need to stop this and get myself to university and get a degree as i wont get a job otherwise as there is no qualification in self study apart from Microsoft Certs but most employers wont be interested and would favour a degree.
they say i could do the degree then if i wanted to study for microsoft certs afterwards and i will have a better understanding afterwards.
what you guys think on this? i know its my choice but im stuck :S

Answer 1

Thanks Santhosh for replying.
But I am still not clear how it works.
The following is the WSDL generated for the
string GetData(int value);
WCF operation.
 
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
- <wsdl:definitions name="Service1" targetNamespace="http://tempuri.org/" xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:wsam="http://www.w3.org/2007/05/addressing/metadata" xmlns:tns="http://tempuri.org/" xmlns:wsa="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing" xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy" xmlns:wsap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing/policy" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msc="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ws/2005/12/wsdl/contract" xmlns:wsaw="http://www.w3.org/2006/05/addressing/wsdl" xmlns:soap12="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap12/" xmlns:wsa10="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" xmlns:wsx="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/mex">
- <wsp:Policy wsu:Id="WSHttpBinding_IService1_policy">
- <wsp:ExactlyOne>
- <wsp:All>
- <sp:SymmetricBinding xmlns:sp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/07/securitypolicy">
- <wsp:Policy>
- <sp:ProtectionToken>
- <wsp:Policy>
- <sp:SecureConversationToken sp:IncludeToken="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/07/securitypolicy/IncludeToken/AlwaysToRecipient">
- <wsp:Policy>
  <sp:RequireDerivedKeys />
- <sp:BootstrapPolicy>
- <wsp:Policy>
- <sp:SignedParts>
  <sp:Body />
  <sp:Header Name="To" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" />
  <sp:Header Name="From" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" />
  <sp:Header Name="FaultTo" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" />
  <sp:Header Name="ReplyTo" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" />
  <sp:Header Name="MessageID" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" />
  <sp:Header Name="RelatesTo" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" />
  <sp:Header Name="Action" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" />
  </sp:SignedParts>
- <sp:EncryptedParts>
  <sp:Body />
  </sp:EncryptedParts>
- <sp:SymmetricBinding>
- <wsp:Policy>
- <sp:ProtectionToken>
- <wsp:Policy>
- <sp:SpnegoContextToken sp:IncludeToken="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/07/securitypolicy/IncludeToken/AlwaysToRecipient">
- <wsp:Policy>
  <sp:RequireDerivedKeys />
  </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:SpnegoContextToken>
  </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:ProtectionToken>
- <sp:AlgorithmSuite>
- <wsp:Policy>
  <sp:Basic256 />
  </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:AlgorithmSuite>
- <sp:Layout>
- <wsp:Policy>
  <sp:Strict />
  </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:Layout>
  <sp:IncludeTimestamp />
  <sp:EncryptSignature />
  <sp:OnlySignEntireHeadersAndBody />
  </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:SymmetricBinding>
- <sp:Wss11>
- <wsp:Policy>
  <sp:MustSupportRefKeyIdentifier />
  <sp:MustSupportRefIssuerSerial />
  <sp:MustSupportRefThumbprint />
  <sp:MustSupportRefEncryptedKey />
  </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:Wss11>
- <sp:Trust10>
- <wsp:Policy>
  <sp:MustSupportIssuedTokens />
  <sp:RequireClientEntropy />
  <sp:RequireServerEntropy />
  </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:Trust10>
  </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:BootstrapPolicy>
  </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:SecureConversationToken>
  </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:ProtectionToken>
- <sp:AlgorithmSuite>
- <wsp:Policy>
  <sp:Basic256 />
  </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:AlgorithmSuite>
- <sp:Layout>
- <wsp:Policy>
  <sp:Strict />
  </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:Layout>
  <sp:IncludeTimestamp />
  <sp:EncryptSignature />
  <sp:OnlySignEntireHeadersAndBody />
  </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:SymmetricBinding>
- <sp:Wss11 xmlns:sp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/07/securitypolicy">
- <wsp:Policy>
  <sp:MustSupportRefKeyIdentifier />
  <sp:MustSupportRefIssuerSerial />
  <sp:MustSupportRefThumbprint />
  <sp:MustSupportRefEncryptedKey />
  </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:Wss11>
- <sp:Trust10 xmlns:sp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/07/securitypolicy">
- <wsp:Policy>
  <sp:MustSupportIssuedTokens />
  <sp:RequireClientEntropy />
  <sp:RequireServerEntropy />
  </wsp:Policy>
  </sp:Trust10>
  <wsaw:UsingAddressing />
  </wsp:All>
  </wsp:ExactlyOne>
  </wsp:Policy>
- <wsp:Policy wsu:Id="WSHttpBinding_IService1_GetData_Input_policy">
- <wsp:ExactlyOne>
- <wsp:All>
- <sp:SignedParts xmlns:sp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/07/securitypolicy">
  <sp:Body />
  <sp:Header Name="To" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" />
  <sp:Header Name="From" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" />
  <sp:Header Name="FaultTo" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" />
  <sp:Header Name="ReplyTo" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" />
  <sp:Header Name="MessageID" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" />
  <sp:Header Name="RelatesTo" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" />
  <sp:Header Name="Action" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" />
  </sp:SignedParts>
- <sp:EncryptedParts xmlns:sp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/07/securitypolicy">
  <sp:Body />
  </sp:EncryptedParts>
  </wsp:All>
  </wsp:ExactlyOne>
  </wsp:Policy>
- <wsp:Policy wsu:Id="WSHttpBinding_IService1_GetData_output_policy">
- <wsp:ExactlyOne>
- <wsp:All>
- <sp:SignedParts xmlns:sp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/07/securitypolicy">
  <sp:Body />
  <sp:Header Name="To" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" />
  <sp:Header Name="From" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" />
  <sp:Header Name="FaultTo" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" />
  <sp:Header Name="ReplyTo" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" />
  <sp:Header Name="MessageID" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" />
  <sp:Header Name="RelatesTo" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" />
  <sp:Header Name="Action" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" />
  </sp:SignedParts>
- <sp:EncryptedParts xmlns:sp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/07/securitypolicy">
  <sp:Body />
  </sp:EncryptedParts>
  </wsp:All>
  </wsp:ExactlyOne>
  </wsp:Policy>
- <wsdl:types>
- <xsd:schema targetNamespace="http://tempuri.org/Imports">
  <xsd:import schemaLocation="http://localhost:1585/Service1.svc?xsd=xsd0" namespace="http://tempuri.org/" />
  <xsd:import schemaLocation="http://localhost:1585/Service1.svc?xsd=xsd1" namespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/" />
  </xsd:schema>
  </wsdl:types>
- <wsdl:message name="IService1_GetData_InputMessage">
  <wsdl:part name="parameters" element="tns:GetData" />
  </wsdl:message>
- <wsdl:message name="IService1_GetData_OutputMessage">
  <wsdl:part name="parameters" element="tns:GetDataResponse" />
  </wsdl:message>
- <wsdl:portType name="IService1">
- <wsdl:operation name="GetData">
  <wsdl:input wsaw:Action="http://tempuri.org/IService1/GetData" message="tns:IService1_GetData_InputMessage" />
  <wsdl:output wsaw:Action="http://tempuri.org/IService1/GetDataResponse" message="tns:IService1_GetData_OutputMessage" />
  </wsdl:operation>
  </wsdl:portType>
- <wsdl:binding name="WSHttpBinding_IService1" type="tns:IService1">
  <wsp:PolicyReference URI="#WSHttpBinding_IService1_policy" />
  <soap12:binding transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http" />
- <wsdl:operation name="GetData">
  <soap12:operation soapAction="http://tempuri.org/IService1/GetData" style="document" />
- <wsdl:input>
  <wsp:PolicyReference URI="#WSHttpBinding_IService1_GetData_Input_policy" />
  <soap12:body use="literal" />
  </wsdl:input>
- <wsdl:output>
  <wsp:PolicyReference URI="#WSHttpBinding_IService1_GetData_output_policy" />
  <soap12:body use="literal" />
  </wsdl:output>
  </wsdl:operation>
  </wsdl:binding>
- <wsdl:service name="Service1">
- <wsdl:port name="WSHttpBinding_IService1" binding="tns:WSHttpBinding_IService1">
  <soap12:address location="http://localhost:1585/Service1.svc" />
- <wsa10:EndpointReference>
  <wsa10:Address>http://localhost:1585/Service1.svc</wsa10:Address>
- <Identity xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2006/02/addressingidentity">
  <Dns>localhost</Dns>
  </Identity>
  </wsa10:EndpointReference>
  </wsdl:port>
  </wsdl:service>
  </wsdl:definitions>
 
I couldnt find any information regarding the parameter 'int value' from the WSDL.
But it is there in the XSD getting generated when we add service refrence in the asp.net client application.
That is given below.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:tns="http://tempuri.org/" elementFormDefault="qualified" targetNamespace="http://tempuri.org/" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <xs:element name="GetData">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="value" type="xs:int" />
      </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
  <xs:element name="GetDataResponse">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="GetDataResult" nillable="true" type="xs:string" />
      </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
</xs:schema>
Could you please help me understand how this works?

Answer 2

WSDL contains wsdl types or most commonly xml types rather than specific technology types (.net) and these can be substituted by relevant technology types from which its beinf consumed..
you can check here for more info on the types and structure of wsdl document
http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl