Develop a WSDL file
Overview
Depending on your development path, Develop a Service Endpoint Interface for a Java bean implementation or Develop a Service Endpoint Interface from an EJB remote interface.
Overview
You need a Web Services Description Language (WSDL) file to use Web services. You can develop your own WSDL file or get one from a Web service provider through E-mail, downloading or through a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). This documentation assumes you are creating your own.
To develop a WSDL file:
- Configure the Service Endpoint Interface class and referenced classes
into your CLASSPATH.
- On Windows, set CLASSPATH="%CLASSPATH%;<list your application
JAR files and classes>".
- On UNIX, export CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH:<list your application JAR files and classes>".
- On Windows, set CLASSPATH="%CLASSPATH%;<list your application
JAR files and classes>".
- Run the Java2WSDL seiInterface command.A
WSDL file named seiInterface.wsdl is created.
- Move the WSDL file to the META-INF/wsdl subdirectory if you
are using an enterprise JavaBean (EJB).
- Move the WSDL file to the WEB-INF/wsdl subdirectory if you are using a Java bean.
- Move the WSDL file to the META-INF/wsdl subdirectory if you
are using an enterprise JavaBean (EJB).
- Edit the generated WSDL file and inspect the part names.
The WSDL parts have names like arg_0_0. Modify the WSDL file
to use the actual names of the Java parameters.
- (Optional) Use the Java2WSDL command tool to generate the correct part names of WSDL file.You can automatically generate and set the correct part names by using the Java2WSDL command tool. Generating and setting the part names is done by providing additional information to the Java2WSDL command tool in the form of a Java implementation class that implements the same methods as the Service Endpoint Interface and is compiled with debug information on (javac -g). Parameter names are stored in the .class file with the debug information. If your implementation class was compiled with debug on, you can use the Java2WSDL -implClass seiImpl seiInterface command to generate a WSDL file having the proper part names.
Results
A WSDL file that defines the Web service described by the Service Endpoint Interface.
Example
This example uses a JAR file named AddressBook.jar containing a class named AddressBook.class file.
You must add the AddressBook.jar file to your CLASSPATH to create the WSDL file. The JAR file contains an EJB implementation class that was compiled with debugging information on. Run the Java2WSDL -implClass addr.AddressBookBean addr.AddressBook command to create a WSDL file named AddressBook.wsdl.
What to do next
Depending on your development path, develop Web services deployment descriptor templates for a Java bean implementation or develop Web services deployment descriptor templates for an EJB implementation.
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