Consuming a Web Service With Apache Axis

How to:

In order for a Java program to communicate with a Web Service, the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) file must first be consumed. This means that the consumption process would read the WSDL file and create all the necessary classes and code to be used within the Java development environment. There are tools available which perform this consumption process. A commonly used tool is Apache Axis.

You can download Apache Axis from www.apache.org or use the version of Axis that is installed with ReportCaster. For details about consuming a Web Service using Apache Axis, see How to Consume a Web Service Using Apache Axis.

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Procedure: How to Consume a Web Service Using Apache Axis

Perform the following steps to consume a Web Service using Apache Axis:

  1. Create the following .bat file 
    SET WF=C:\ibi\WebFOCUS77\webapps\webfocus\WEB-INF\lib\
SET AXISJARS=%WF%axis.jar
SET AXISJARS=%AXISJARS%;%WF%axis-ant.jar
SET AXISJARS=%AXISJARS%;%WF%commons-discovery.jar
SET AXISJARS=%AXISJARS%;%WF%commons-logging.jar
SET AXISJARS=%AXISJARS%;%WF%jaxrpc.jar
SET AXISJARS=%AXISJARS%;%WF%log4j-1.2.l4.jar
SET AXISJARS=%AXISJARS%;%WF%mail.jar
SET AXISJARS=%AXISJARS%;%WF%activation.jar
SET AXISJARS=%AXISJARS%;%WF%saaj.jar
SET AXISJARS=%AXISJARS%;%WF%wsdl4j-1.5.1.jar
java -classpath %AXISJARS%;
    org.apache.axis.wsdl.WSDL2Java -v -s -p javademo WebFocus.wsdl

    where:

    The first line points to the location of the Axis .jar files.

    javademo

    Is the name of the package that will contain the Java code.

    WebFocus.wsdl

    Is the name of the WSDL file that was saved after being created with the WSDL creation utility. Ensure that the path to this file is correct.

  2. Run the .bat file. A sub-directory with a name identified by the package name in the .bat file is created.

    In the following example, a sub-directory called javademo is created containing the Java code to call the Web Service functions.

    SET WF=C:\ibi\WebFOCUS77\webapps\webfocus\WEB-INF\lib\
SET AXISJARS=%WF%axis.jar
SET AXISJARS=%AXISJARS%;%WF%axis-ant.jar
SET AXISJARS=%AXISJARS%;%WF%commons-discovery.jar
SET AXISJARS=%AXISJARS%;%WF%commons-logging.jar
SET AXISJARS=%AXISJARS%;%WF%jaxrpc.jar
SET AXISJARS=%AXISJARS%;%WF%log4j-1.2.l4.jar
SET AXISJARS=%AXISJARS%;%WF%saaj.jar
SET AXISJARS=%AXISJARS%;%WF%mail.jar
SET AXISJARS=%AXISJARS%;%WF%activation.jar
SET AXISJARS=%AXISJARS%;%WF%wsd14j-1.5.1.jar
java -classpath %AXISJARS%;
   org.apache.axis.wsdl.WSDL2Java -v -s -p javademo WebFocus.wsdl
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