Steps in creating a web service using Axis2 - The client code

Question

I am trying to create a web service, my tools of trade are:

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Axis2, Eclipse, Tomcat, Ant

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I need to creat

Answer 1

If you have access to the WSDL,the following code/JAX-WS client can be used to invoke any SOAP based web service.

import java.net.URL;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
import javax.xml.ws.Service;

public class WebserviceClient {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        URL url = new URL
                ("http://localhost:9999/ws/additionService?wsdl");

        QName qname = new QName("http://test/", 
                "AdditionServiceImplService");//Line 2

        Service service = Service.create(url, qname);

        AdditionService additionService = service
                .getPort(AdditionService.class);

        System.out.println(additionService.add(1, 2));

    }

}

In Line 2,QName first argument is the namespace used in WSDL and second argument is simply the service name.

Answer 2

I'm assuming you're only interested in web service clients?

Option 1

Invoke the web service is using Axis2 REST support, for example:

http://localhost:8080/axis2/services/MyService/myOperation?param1=one&param2=two

Option 2

Use SOAPUI. It can generate SOAP messages for you, by reading your service's WSDL. My client's testers have been using it extensively with only a very broad understanding of web service technologies. An impressive tool.

Option 3

Groovy client (Same approach for other JVM based languages)

Use the wsdl2java tool to create a client stub class for the Shakespeare web service:

generate.sh:

$AXIS2_HOME/bin/wsdl2java.sh -d adb -s -o build -uri http://www.xmlme.com/WSShakespeare.asmx?WSDL
ant -file build/build.xml 

GetSpeech.groovy:

// Dependencies
// ============
import com.xmlme.webservices.ShakespeareStub

@Grapes([
    @Grab(group='org.apache.axis2', module='axis2-kernel', version='1.5.1'),
    @Grab(group='org.apache.axis2', module='axis2-adb', version='1.5.1'),
    @Grab(group='org.apache.axis2', module='axis2-transport-local', version='1.5.1'),
    @Grab(group='org.apache.axis2', module='axis2-transport-http', version='1.5.1'),
    @Grab(group='xerces', module='xercesImpl', version='2.6.2'),
    @GrabConfig(systemClassLoader=true)
])

// Main program
// ============
def stub = new ShakespeareStub()

// Request payload
def request = new ShakespeareStub.GetSpeech()
request.setRequest("Friends, romans, countrymen")

// Send request
response = stub.getSpeech(request)

println response.getGetSpeechResult()

Use the -cp parameter to add the generated code the the script's classpath

groovy -cp build/build/classes GetSpeech