Java Client -> JBoss / AXIS -> Stateful EJB ?

[klaser]

Hallo,
I have a Java Client that is trying to access a stateful Session Bean through AXIS. As it is not a web client, how can the state be maintained?

Is it possible?

Does anybody have an example of a Java client doing so? (Not RMI/ SOAP only)

Thanks in advance.

[essington]

If you are using JBoss.Net you can add the scope attribute to the @jboss-net.web-service tag something like

* @jboss-net.web-service
* urn="MyStatefullService"
* scope="Session"
* expose-all="true"

Then you just have to maintain the session cookie that axis returns.

If you are just using Axis without the JBoss.Net portion, perhaps adding a scope parameter to your service in the deployment descriptor will help you out

 <service name="MyStatefullService" provider="Handler">
 <parameter name="scope" value="Session"/>
 . . .
 <requestFlow name="MyStatefullServiceRequest">
 . . .
 </requestFlow>
 <responseFlow name="MyStatefullServiceResponse">
 . . .
 </responseFlow>
 </service>

You still have to maintain (return) the cookie on the client side.