# InvokeArgument

Passes the name and value of an argument to a method.

## Component Signature

```
<bx:InvokeArgument name=[string]
value=[any] />
```

### Attributes

| Atrribute | Type     | Required | Description               | Default |
| --------- | -------- | -------- | ------------------------- | ------- |
| `name`    | `string` | `true`   | The name of the argument  |         |
| `value`   | `any`    | `false`  | The value of the argument |         |

## Examples

### Invoke a SOAP webservice and passing arguments using bx:invokeargument

Calls a remote web service to perform an addition, uses bx:invokeargument to pass the arguments to the method.

```java
<bx:invoke webservice="http://soaptest.parasoft.com/calculator.wsdl" method="add" returnvariable="answer">
    <bx:invokeargument name="x" value="2">
    <bx:invokeargument name="y" value="3">
</bx:invoke>
<bx:output>#answer#</bx:output>
```

Result: 5.0


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