How to make a web service with XML input?

[jaboj]

I'll like to create some web services on JBoss 4.2 which accepts a XML document/node as input for the web method. Is it possible and can anyone describe how to do it?

One way of doing could be to create a web method which just accept a string like

@Stateless
public class MyWS {

@WebMethod()
public void acceptXml(String xml) throws WSException{
...
}

This approach required that the method converts the String to a XML Node and then do some validation against a XSD. But, is it possible to pass a XML strukture to the method instead, like:

@WebMethod()
public void acceptXml(Node xml) throws WSException{
...
}

[heiko.braun]

Take a look at the JAX-WS Provider examples. The Provider API allows raw xml exchange.

[jaboj]

Thank you.

Then it is possible to deploy JAX-WS style web services to JBoss? Do I need the same deployment descriptors as in the Provider sample or some specific JBoss deployment descriptors?

My sample web service signature looks like this:

@ServiceMode(value=Service.Mode.PAYLOAD)
@WebServiceProvider(wsdlLocation="WEB-INF/wsdl/ProcessXml.wsdl")
public class ProcessXmlImpl implements Provider<Source> {
public Source invoke(Source arg0) {
// do something and return XML Source
}
}