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AXIS Web Service Client
Abstract
This article describes a creation of a Axis Web Service Client using Eclipse IDE 3.2 with Web Tools Platform 1.0 installed to run on JBoss 4.0.3 SP1.
Preconditions
- Installed and configured JBoss 4 Server Runtime
- a WSDL file
Preparation
- Before the usage of the Eclipse wizard a appropriate project structure should be defined. For this purpose a ”Enterprise Application Project” should be created.
- Then create a ”Dynamic Web Project”
- Assign the resulting web project to the enterprise application project using ”J2EE Module Dependencies” of the Enterprise Project.
Generation
- Right Click on WSDL-File and select Web Services → Generate Client from context menu
- Adjust configuration selecting created client and client ear projects and proceed with Next
- Activate “Define custom mapping for namespace to package” flag and procees with Next
- Map all user defined namespaces from WSDL to corresponding packages
- Start generation with Finish
Results
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| xxxService.java | Interface defining the type-safe service |
| xxxServiceLocator.java | Service implementation |
| xxxPortType.java | Port type defining type-safe methods. This interface is the Java pendant to the WSDL file. |
| xxxPortTypeProxy.java | Port type implementation |
| xxxBindingStub.java | Contains the implementation, serialization / deserialization mechanisms and hooks in to the Apache Axis Engine. |
Usage
- Create an instance of a ServiceLocator
- Set EndpointAddress
- Retrieve the PortType from the ServiceLocator
- perform the method call
