Developing a Web-service client

A good tutorial can be found in the IBM developerWorks series. We customize it as follows.

1. Create a Java project ClientWebserviceContainerManagement
2. Create Ant script file build.xml in parent folder ClientWebserviceContainerManagement:

   <project default="wsimport">
      <target name="wsimport">
         <exec executable="${java.home}/../bin/wsimport">
            <arg line="-keep -s ./src -p de.botzenhart.springws.soapclient
                       -d ./bin http://localhost:8080/WebserviceContainerManagement/container.wsdl"/>
         </exec>
      </target>
   </project>
   

3. Start Web Service WebserviceContainerManagement
   • Rightclick on server Tomcat v6.0 Server at localhost and select Add Remove to configure the webservice
   • Rightclick on server Tomcat v6.0 Server at localhost and select Start
4. Run Ant to generate Java code for the elements and complex types defined in the wsdl file.
   • Rightclick on build.xml and select Ant Build from Run AS. The Ant log messages appear in a console window
   • Rightclick on project and select Refresh. The generated classes appear in the package view.
   • Make sure the src folder is contained in the build path (Otherwise rightclick on folder src and select Add to Build Path from Build Path)
   • Force Build on project (Select Clean from eclipse menue Project and select the project in wizard)
5. Run Client Webservice.
   • Create Java class TestClientWebServiceContainerManagement.java
   • Rightclick on class and select Java Application from Run AS
   • The console view shows the INFO log-messages of the TestClientWebServiceContainerManagement class Sending container Request and Response is: true.