Well, Yes, that is the simplest. For Axis, you can hit do a GET to http://localhost:8080/axis/servlet/AxisServlet to get a list back of available web services hosted by that Axis instance. (If you get any information back, the Axis engine is of course up and running, but your particular web service may not be deployed).
But you're client shouldn't assume the engine in use is always Axis. What if it's a .NET web service your checking? Also, what if you're hitting a web service not over HTTP, but over SMTP or some other protocol? For these reasons, I think your supposed to write a ping() method on your interface that takes a parameter and returns some information, like the number of services available, their names, etc. Ultimately, your supposed to connect your service to a service registry to get this kind of information, and you ask the registry is this particular web service up and available. But UDDI is very hard to work with. -jeff -----Original Message----- From: Demetris G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 5:57 PM To: axis-user@ws.apache.org Subject: Re: Axis engine Hi Jeff, thanks for the pointers. I was wondering how this can be done programmatically from inside a client application. Any ideas ? Thanks Walker, Jeff wrote: > I run Tomcat 5.5.20 with Axis 1.3, > and I hit this: http://127.0.0.1:8080/axis/ > Click on the 'List' link to see the web services you currently have > deployed. > > Also, run the 'Happy Axis' test page, to make sure the correct versions > of the jars Axis needs have been deployed as well. > http://localhost:8080/axis/happyaxis.jsp > > For Axis2, I'm sure it's similar. > -jeff > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Demetris G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 4:58 PM > To: axis-user@ws.apache.org > Subject: Axis engine > > > What is the easiest way to test (check) if an Axis engine is running ? > Send a POST or GET to it and catch an exception back ? > > Thanks > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
