Home » Tip Bank » Multimedia » Java

Language: WSDL
Expertise: Advanced

Mar 11, 2008

To generate a stub/proxy client from a WSDL file, you need to download Axis from the Apache website This tip will work for jdk1.4.x or above.

Suppose you have a WSDL file named Login.wsdl and you're working on the directory (in Windows, c:\wstest). Just follow these steps:

1. Set the classpath:

   
   C:\wstest>set classpath=%CLASSPATH%;axis.jar;axis-ant.jar;
   commons-discovery-0.2.jar;commons-logging-1.0.4.jar;jaxrpc.jar;
   log4j-1.2.8.jar;saaj.jar;wsdl4j-1.5.1.jar;c:\wstest
   

2. Set the Java path to java org.apache.axis.wsdl.WSDL2Java Login.wsdl.
3. Execute the following command to generate the necessary classes:

   
   Login.java
   LoginLocator.java
   LoginSoap.java
   LoginSoapStub.java
   

   See below for the sample files.
4. Instantiate the XXXLocator class and invoke getXXXSoap() to get a XXXSoap instance.
5. Use the XXXSoap instance to call the webservice methods.
6. Instantiate the LoginLocator class and invoke getLoginSoap() to get a LoginSoap instance.
7. Using the LoginSoap instance to call the webservice methods:

   
    LoginLocator locator = new LoginLocator();
    LoginSoap soap = locator.getLoginSoap();
    soap.xxxMethod();