RE: [Bulk] How to use Axis2C (REST) as 'gateway' to an existing app

[GIACAMOND]

Hi Christian,

 

I’m currently working on an integration project which involve an old legacy
TXSeries / Cobol environment on AIX, and REST-API to invoke Web Service. I
used AXIS2C 1.7 Client API, build with libxml2 2.9.  I had to apply a small
fix in the http_sender.c module (see JIRA AXIS2C-1626), to make-it work.  I
have also implement XPATH search query from the client side.

 

You just can use a stub module from your existing application, that will be
link with dynamic libraries, or integrate directly the native AXIS2C client
API.

 

You should consider generating / building both AXIS2C and LIBXML2 from your
own installation.  It make it much more flexible when it’s time to build.

 

Have fun,

 

Jean-Marc

 

De : Christian Wiese [mailto:wiese...@googlemail.com] 
Envoyé : samedi 8 juin 2013 12:20
À : c-user@axis.apache.org
Objet : [Bulk] How to use Axis2C (REST) as 'gateway' to an existing app

 

Hello all,

 

I´m completely new to Axis2c so I have an absolute beginner questions, but I
haven´t found an answer yet so maybe you could point me to the right
direction.

 

I currently have a more or less finished application on an embedded
linux-PC. This application gather different information and data from a lot
of places. Now I would like to use a REST-API to get and set some of this
data. Firstly I hopped I could easily integrate axis2c into my application
(as a REST-server) but I realized that it offered a standalone server with
services I can implement.

 

So to my question:

Is there a concept or idea how I can use the axis2c server and use it as
some sort of gateway/REST-server for my existing application? Should I write
an axis2c-service that routes the incoming calls to my existing program
like:

  External call <-REST-> axis2c-service <-UDP-> existing tool

Or maybe implement an axis2c-client into my existing application which also
connect to the axis2c-server?

 

Am I right that it is not possible to implement an axis2c-service into my
running application? It would be some sort of library which is linked at
runtime into my program.

 

Thanks in advance

  Chris