----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Dibble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 3:11 PM Subject: Single-Step Deployment
> Is it possible to deploy a web service without sending a message to the > axis servlet? In effect, I would like to place my compiled classes and > my deployment information (the info in the deploy.wsdd file) into my > Tomcat directory structure, and have the web service work without having > to send the axis servlet a message from the > org.apache.axis.client.AdminClient. I notice that the servlet creates > the server-config.wsdd file once I send my deploy.wsdd file, and that > this file contains the metadata about the deployed web service. Could I > hand-code a server-config.wsdd file and place it directly in the WEB-INF > directory at startup? I havent explored this, but maybe you could take the wsdd fiel that gets created and put it in your app for redeployment. > > Note that the instant deployment solution (.jws files) is not sufficient > for my needs because (1) I need to do some XML-to-Java mapping that can > only be accomplished in the deploy.wsdd file and (2) I don't want the > overhead of compilation on the first call to the web service. (2) you can fix with a <get> in your build file, post deployment. (1)..well, we really need xdoclet support for Axis. Ara has promised this in xdoclet for the sun web service stuff
