Hi Carolyn, I can't really help you with the 'discovering' part (I think you just have to implement it yourself for now), but once you know the address there is a method setTargetEndpointAddress(java.net.URL address) on the org.apache.axis.client.Call class. If you use stubs generated by WSDL2Java there will be a method on the ServiceLocator class that takes a URL and will call this method for you.
Regards, Jan On 6/1/05, Carolyn Vo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looks like there is something in the Axis docs but is not completed yet on > how to accomplish this: > > "Dynamically Discovering and Binding to a Web Service > > When Axis generates client proxy classes code from WSDL, it binds the code > to the endpoint URL specified in the WSDL -this is usually a URL generated > from the URL of the inbound request. Using a http://localhost URL to fetch a > WSDL page will result in client code also bound to a service served up on > the localhost, which is not what you want in a redistributable. Similarly, > even if you use the hostname when fetching the WSDL, you need the fully > qualified domain name, not any short name -http://s1.example.org/ and not > http://s1/ -otherwise only callers in your own domain or subnet will be able > to find the server. Hand-written WSDL does not exhibit this problem; the > endpoint in the WSDL is the one the author typed in. > > It is almost essential that you provide some way to update the URL on the > clients. The simplest is some command line override option, as used in the > Axis command line tools. More advanced is a dialog box for entering URLs, > and more advanced yet is some automated discovery mechanism. > > Axis does not provide any discovery mechanism in the JAR. There is a sibling > project, jUDDI, that provides access to UDDI registries. There is also a > multicast discovery jar that works with Axis in the Axis CVS tree; this is a > proof-of-concept mechanism that uses XML messages but is not compatible with > any existing standard. It works OK over LAN networks, but is not designed to > be used over wider area. > > TODO: how to set the URL in a service" > > Anyone have any ideas on how to accomplish this? Thanks! > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 6:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: dynamic web service location? > > Think you may have to configure tomcat or your webapp to listen on a port > and > access your service through there. Not sure how to do this!! > Quoting Carolyn Vo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > Is it possible to specify the server and port number for a web service > > during runtime? The default in my wsdl file is hardcoded to > localhost:8080 > > but I want the user to be able to specify it during runtime. How is this > > possible? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Carolyn > > > > > > > -- > Between the question and the answer lies free will > >
