code: public String serialize()
     {
        StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder("<webservice-description>");
        buffer.append("<webservice-description-name>").append(webserviceDescriptionName).append("</webservice-description-name>");
        buffer.append("<wsdl-file>").append(wsdlFile).append("</wsdl-file>");
        buffer.append("<jaxrpc-mapping-file>").append(jaxrpcMappingFile).append("</jaxrpc-mapping-file>");
        for (PortComponentMetaData pm : portComponents)
           buffer.append(pm.serialize());
        buffer.append("</webservice-description>");
        return buffer.toString();
     }
docs: Serialize as a String
  
  @return  string