Thanks to all. On 7/16/05, Frank W. Zammetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, July 15, 2005 12:41 pm, Ed Griebel said: > > Frank- > > > > It's an interesting idea, I don't know, I've been "lucky" enough that > > I've had WSDL to work with. It might be possible to use the same > > methods that wsdl2java uses, but there's probably a lot of complexity > > in there because SOAP can be quite complex. > > Ironically, my experience has been just the opposite... most of the > services I've dealt with have been for internal use only, and I guess > we're a bit behind in getting WSDL for it all. Not so bad when it's > internal-only stuff, a much bigger problem when dealing with external > services. > > > Apologies for making this even more OT, but it's Friday :-) > > Nah, I referenced my StrutsWS project once (twice now!), so it's not > especially off-topic :) Certainly less so than some of the more recent > threads around here! > > > -ed > > Frank > > > > > On 7/15/05, Frank W. Zammetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 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] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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