Hi folks,
We have found no way to deploy services programatically, so we set to the task.
We needed to use Axis to publish some SOAP services programatically. Also, these should be provided by our own custom-created objects, not instantiated by Axis. This is very useful when you want to use Axis as an embedded SOAP platform, instead of letting it handle all the SOAP application. The following two classes implement a handler that sets the correct service provider.
Sorry I could not make a proper patch, one of the problems of developing on Windows I guess :) Given the level of interest the issue raised in a former message (null), probably it will be ignored anyway.
The provided .jar file contains both necessary classes to use it, in the correct locations. If I can do something to improve the patch, please let me know.
In the file server-config.wsdd, it's enough to add the following line:
<requestFlow>
<handler type="java:org.apache.axis.handlers.JWSHandler"/>
+ <handler type="java:org.apache.axis.handlers.ProxyHandler"/>
</requestFlow>
To publish an object 'theObject' that implements an interface Class 'theInterface', it's enough to call (in server space):
org.apache.axis.providers.java.ProxyProvider.getInstance().publishService(theInterface, theObject);
To call the object, you would use the URL
http://localhost:8080/axis/services/fully.qualified.interface.Name
If someone is interested, I'll post some classes to test the service. The only problem is that, as expected, you have to publish it in the VM of the server; it can be done via a servlet, or (for testing purposes) in the same ProxyProvider.
Un saludo,
Alex.
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