Thanks a bunch. vedha
On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 23:55 +0000, Paul Fremantle wrote: > Vedha > > I'm confused by what you are trying to achieve. But I would like to > make a couple of points. > > 1) If you go the POJO route you will still not share resources between > the client and server. The client stub will be generated from the WSDL > and will use databound objects not your original objects (which will > be used in the AAR file). > > 2) JIBX is a binding system supported by Axis2 that allows you to use > your existing beans. Through the use of a mapping file and byte code > enhancement it supports mapping XML into existing beans. > > Paul > > On 1/2/07, Vedha Vijayan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Paul for your prompt reply. > > > > The primary reason why I want to go the WSDL route and not the POJO > > service route, is because I want to decouple any resource dependencies > > between the client and the server. To elaborate, if i were to deploy my > > service as a POJO service, I would have to include the > > "simple.bean.UserBean" in the service archive (AAR) file. I do not wish > > to do so. So, WSDL route is my option. > > > > My question is how do people handle creating instances of custom beans, > > as in this scenario where I have an existing bean that I want to be > > populated/created for an incoming request. > > > > 1. Is writing Axiom code the only option? > > 2. Is there any means to use an existing class for marshalling incoming > > request? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > vedha > > > > On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 19:31 +0000, Paul Fremantle wrote: > > > Vedha > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > When you run Java2WSDL it only creates the WSDL, not the actual code. > > > So although you have a WSDL, you don't actually have a service. > > > > > > You can follow your route in which case you should do the following: > > > 1) J2W > > > 2) WSDL2Java -ss -sd -uri your.wsdl > > > This creates the server-side skeleton file. You know edit this to add > > > your business logic (i.e. call your existing code) > > > 3) ant - will build the AAR file for you > > > 4) deploy your AAR service > > > 5) Now you will have an updated WSDL pointing to your deployed service > > > 6) Run WSDL2Java to create the client (as you did). > > > > > > However, there is a much simpler way of doing this!!! Just deploy your > > > existing code/bean as a POJO service. Then the WSDL is automatically > > > generated for you. > > > > > > To do this you need to: > > > 1) Create a services.xml file like this: > > > <service name="UserBean" > > > > <description>my POJO service </description> > > > <messageReceivers> > > > <messageReceiver mep="http://www.w3.org/2004/08/wsdl/in-only"; > > > > > > class="org.apache.axis2.rpc.receivers.RPCInOnlyMessageReceiver"/> > > > <messageReceiver mep="http://www.w3.org/2004/08/wsdl/in-out"; > > > > > > class="org.apache.axis2.rpc.receivers.RPCMessageReceiver"/> > > > </messageReceivers> > > > <parameter name="ServiceClass" > > > locked="false">simple.bean.UserBean</parameter> > > > </service> > > > > > > Now create an AAR file (just a JAR file) with the following: > > > META-INF/services.xml > > > simple/bean/UserBean.class > > > > > > Then deploy it (copy the AAR file into the repository/services > > > directory). Now you can browse > > > http://localhost:8080/axis2/services/UserBean?wsdl and you can > > > generate the client from there. > > > > > > Look at samples/pojo for an example. > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > On 1/2/07, Vedha Vijayan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I'm new to Axis2 and I'm trying to piece together a web service using > > > > axis2. Here is the scenario and the queries i have: > > > > > > > > I'm trying to publish an existing service as a web service. I use > > > > Java2Wsdl to come up with a wsdl from the existing code base. The > > > > existing bean has the package "simple.bean.UserBean" and the generated > > > > wsdl has the schema under "simple.bean.xsd.UserBean" namespace. The > > > > client uses Wsdl2Java to generate client code and invokes the service > > > > using the same. I use XMLBeans for databinding. What I need is to find a > > > > means for Axis2 (on the server side) to generate an instance of my class > > > > ("simple.bean.UserBean") from the incoming SOAP message. > > > > > > > > 1. Is using AXIOM API my only choice to accomplish this? Or are there > > > > other alternatives? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for your help! > > > > > > > > vedha > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Vedha Vijayan > > Senior Software Engineer > > Comergent Technologies Inc. > > Ph: 650 232 5833 > > Fax: 650 232 6010 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- Vedha Vijayan Senior Software Engineer Comergent Technologies Inc. Ph: 650 232 5833 Fax: 650 232 6010 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
