Oded Onn wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > I am quite new to the world of WS and Axis 2 and am sorry if my > questions seems a bit silly. However, I looked for answers in your > forums and documentation and didn’t find them. > > > > I wrote my first WS using Axis2. Started from a WSDL file and > generated the server code. Now, as far as I understand from your > manual, I am suppose to do the following: > > 1. Write the business logic (in the MyServiceSkeleton.java file) > > 2. Build the WS > > 3. Copy the generated AAR file into the services directory of my > axis2 server > > 4. Create the axis2.WAR file using “ant create.war” > You do not need to generate the war, download it and deploy to tomcat. Then you can deploy your service there. > > 5. Copy thr genearetd axis2.WAR from the dist directory into my > tomcat server webapp directory. > > > > I followed the above steps and it works (I tested my service with > SOAPUI as the client). > > I have some questions: > > 1. Is there an easier way to do the above steps in a production > environment? Can I somehow generate the war file to be used in tomcat > in a simpler way? At the moment, every time I change the business > logic I have to redo all these steps… > You do not need, just replace the aar file. > > 2. Can I deploy the service without the “axis2/services/” prefix > in the URL? The service is to be deployed to a client, and thus I > prefer it to have a “clean” URL. At the moment it is > “http://localhost:8080/axis2/services/MyService”. Can I deploy it to > be “http://localhost:8080/MyService”? > Yes you can, for that you need to edit axis2.xml in webapps/axis2/WEB-INF/conf
there is a parameter called context path. > > 3. I noticed that there is no complete validation of the SOAP > request (i.e. no check that the XML passed is correct according to the > schema described in the WSDL). Where should I add this kind of > validation? Is there any automatic methods that I need to call? I > assume the answer is somewhere in the > “MyServiceMessageReceiverInOut.java file” – I am just really not sure > how to approach this file. I read some about handlers – is this the > right way to perform validation? > Axis2 does not do that because it adds additional cost. But you can write your own handler and do the validation. Thanks, Deepal > > > > Thank you very much for your help – it is much appreciated! > > Best, > > Oded > > > > [email protected] > -- Thank you! http://blogs.deepal.org http://deepal.org
