4 Replies Latest reply on Nov 17, 2006 6:20 AM by muted

tool support for Stub based client programming model

mnsharif Nov 9, 2006 4:57 PM

I have successfuly deployed a web service and i can see the WSDL file thru the http://localhost:8080/rpcStyle/SampleService?wsdl URL.

But when i went thru the documentation about consuming web services (getting started with jboss4.0, jboss AS guide, jbossWS user guide), the impression that i gathered was that the prefered way to consume web services is by running application client on jboss. But still there are certain scenarios where a client would be a standalone java client.

Before trying web services on jboss, i have deployed web services on tomcat using JWSDP and there i used a standalone java client based on stubs generated from published WSDL file to consume the web services. But i cudnt find a single such example (where client stub is generated) in above mentioned jboss docs. So, can somebody provide me a link or simple howTo of client stub generation using jboss specific tools (wstools or whatever)?

Secondly, is there any documentation available on wstools ant task? I mean, just a simple doc listing all attributes and their semantics.

Thanks for yor time all!

PS: I am using the following:
jboss-4.0.4.GA
jbossws (and not jbossws14 which is default in 4.0.4)
JDK 1.5

1. Re: tool support for Stub based client programming model

thomas.diesler Nov 16, 2006 4:13 AM (in response to mnsharif)

http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=JBWSFAQClientModel

http://labs.jboss.com/portal/jbossws/user-guide/en/html/appendix-a.html
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2. Re: tool support for Stub based client programming model

muted Nov 17, 2006 5:06 AM (in response to mnsharif)

I'm also looking for information on how to create the client-side stubs. Looking at the (poor) documentation for wstools, it looks like it can only create the server-side stubs. That was my experience, I have a valid wsdl file created with the tools used on the endpoint server, which is running on a different platform. When I use wstools as specified in the WS documentation and wiki, the only code I get is the server-side stubs which do not help me at all.

I browsed through the wstools configuration XML and it seems that it only specifies ways to create the server-side java code.

I'm really new to web service coding and until now have just used ready modules created by others in the company. However, everyone here is new to JBoss so a few examples or the correct instructions on how to use wstools to create the client-side stubs would be appreciated.

-Pekka
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3. Re: tool support for Stub based client programming model

thomas.diesler Nov 17, 2006 5:18 AM (in response to mnsharif)

What specifically don't you understand about
http://labs.jboss.com/portal/jbossws/user-guide/en/html/clients.html
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4. Re: tool support for Stub based client programming model

muted Nov 17, 2006 6:20 AM (in response to mnsharif)

Well, the wstools config file shown in that particular page that should create the client-side stub doesn't seem to work, as I'm only getting the server-side stubs. That's not a problem anymore though, since I've moved on into using DII configured through the wsdl-file and it seems to be working.

-Pekka
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