Create a Web Service Client with JAX-WS

This example shows how to create a web service client using JAX-WS reference implementation and its tool 'wsimport'. JAX-WS RI can be downloaded from Sun (http://java.sun.com). To create the web service client we need an existing web service, so we will use the one created in the example 'Create a simple Web Service': Click here to go to the 'Create a simple Web Service' example So we assume the...

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Create a simple Web Service

This code example shows how to create a simple web service. We use the annotation @WebService to declare the class as a such. The annotation @WebMethod is provided at method level to declare it as an operation for the web service. The operation getTime of the JavadbWebService simply returns the current time. package com.javadb.ws.example; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Calendar; import...

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Using a Message Handler to alter the SOAP Header in a Web Service Client

Sometimes you need to insert information in the soap header when calling a web service. Perhaps the service needs authentication information that needs to be set. This example shows how to set the security information for a Web Service that is deployed on a Weblogic server using JAX-WS and SAAJ. First we need to create the actual handler which implements the SOAPHandler interface. Next we need...

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