Nice, thanks Ed! I'd absolutely agree, assuming you have WSDL, this is the way to go.
Can it generate anything if it doesn't have WSDL though? I have experiences where the services I needed to consume didn't supply any, for various reasons, but maybe it can still generate some generic stub code?? -- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com On Fri, July 15, 2005 11:41 am, Ed Griebel said: > FYI, I've used Axis to generate client java stubs by parsing the > service's WSDL file. It will generate the stub classes to call the WS > and the POJOs to communicate with the WS. > > You don't actually need to "install" the Axis package and there's no > daemon to run to do this, you'll just need to extract the distribution > and then run wsdl2java, which is well-documented on the Axis homepage. > It's a good idea to generate the "unit test" class too as it's a good > example of how to call the stubs. > > I'm pretty sure that this will be a lot quicker than rolling your own > XML serialization and HTTP code. > > -ed > > On 7/15/05, Frank W. Zammetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi Richard, >> >> Axis is the server-side of the WS equation (although maybe it can >> perform some client duties, I'm not certain), so more than likely it >> wouldn't come into play anyway. >> >> The simple answer is yes, a simple Java app can access a web service. >> >> There are classes that will specifically help you do so, but you can >> also "fake it", at least if it is a SOAP-based service (I'm not as >> familiar with RCP-type services). For SOAP-based services, all you >> really need to do is construct an XML message and use the usual HTTP >> methods in the standard JDK to send it. >> >> You might be interested to look at my StrutsWS project because there is >> exactly what your asking for included: a simple Java app that accesses >> the services the example project provides (in short, StrutsWS is an >> extension to Struts that allows Actions to be exposed as services). You >> can find it at http://sourceforge.net/projects/strutsws/ >> >> Frank >> >> Richard Reyes wrote: >> > Hi Guys, >> > >> > Can a simple java app access a web service? Or do I need to install >> axis? >> > >> > Thanks >> > Richard >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > . >> > >> >> -- >> Frank W. Zammetti >> Founder and Chief Software Architect >> Omnytex Technologies >> http://www.omnytex.com >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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]
