Apache CXF - Developing Web Service with Eclipse

Required Software –

Apache CXF

Eclipse
Tomcat (6 and above)
JDK 1.6

Extract eclipse-jee-win32.zip as D:\demo\ws-cxf-support sw\eclipse
Extract apache-tomcat-x.x.x.zip as D:\demo\ws-cxf-support sw\tomcat
Extract apache-cxf-2.x.x.zip as D:\demo\ws-cxf-support sw\Apache CXF

TOMCAT_HOME = D:\demo\ws-cxf-support sw\tomcat
APACHE_CXF_HOME = D:\demo\ws-cxf-support sw\Apache CXF
JAVA_HOME = D:\demo\ws-cxf-support sw\JDK1.6

Create a workspace  as D:\demo\workspace

Configure Apache Tomcat as Follows : -
1. Select Window

2. Select Window->Preferences

3. Select Window->Preferences->Server

4. Select Server->Runtime Environment

5. Click On Add

6. Select the Apache Tomcat (For Respected Version ) and Click On Next

7. Select JDK1.6 as a part of Installed JRE

8. Select Tomcat Home directory See above TOMCAT_HOME

Configure Apache CXF as Follows : -

1. Select Window

2. Select Window->Preferences

3. Select WebService->CXF2.X Preferances

4. Select Add

 Select Apache CXF home See above APACHE_CXF_HOME

 Select Configure Apache CXF and Click on 2nd Tab (Java2WS)

 Select Configure Apache CXF and Click on 3rd Tab (WSDL2Java)

 Select Configure Apache CXF and Click on 4th Tab (JAX-WS)

 Select Configure Apache CXF and Click on 5th Tab (Endpoint Config)

 Select Use CXF Servlet

Getting Started with WebService Project (Publisher): -

1. Create a Web Service

     Right Click in Package Explorer

     Select New  Dynamic Web Project
     Enter Project Name as - WebServiceServer
     Target runtime – Apache Tomcat v
     Dynamic Web module Version – 2.5
     Configuration – CXF Web Services Project v2.5
     Click On Finish

     

2.   Enter Project Name – WebServiceServer

      Select Target RunTime as – Configured Tomcat Server

3.   Add package name com.ws

     Add a new class as a implementation for the service (ShowNameImpl.java)

     Click on finish

     Open a above class

       Add a method as a part of above class.

     

      public String getName(String name){

         return "Test "+name;

    }

4.   Select  Project , Right click on project name

5.  Select webservice

6.   Select Bottom up java bean web service

      Enter Service implementation class com.ws.ShowNameImpl

      Checked Monitor web service

7.   Click on Next     

8.  Checked Use a Service Endpoint Interface

     Select Create an SEI – enter Interface as IShowName

     Checked a method

      Click on Next

9.  Click on Next

10. Click on Next 

11. Click on Start Server

12.  Click on Next

13. Click On Next

14.  Click on Finish

15.  Open WebService Explorer , Click on method Name getName()

16.  Click on add – Enter Name – Shrikant

      Click on “Go” button

Request.xml generated on server log

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:q0="http://ws.com/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

  <soapenv:Body>

    <q0:getName>

      <q0:name>shrikant</q0:name>

    </q0:getName>

  </soapenv:Body>

</soapenv:Envelope>

Response.xml generated on server log

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">

    <soap:Body>

     <ns2:getNameResponse xmlns:ns2="http://ws.com/">

         <return>Test shrikant</return>

     </ns2:getNameResponse>

  </soap:Body>

</soap:Envelope>

Getting Started with WebService Project (Consumer): -

1. Click on New->Dynamic Web Project
   ProjectName – WebServiceClient
   Target runtime – Apache Tomcat v
   Dynamic Web module Version – 2.5
   Configuration – CXF Web Services Project v2.5
   Click On Finish

 2.  Select wsdl folder from WebServiceServer/WEB-INF/wsdl

         Copy to WebServiceClient/WEB-INF/wsdl

     3.   Right Click on wsdl/shownameimpl.wsdl

         Select Web Services

         Select Generate Client and Click

     4.   Checked Monitor Web Service

            Click on Next

      5.   Click on Next

     6. Click On Next

        7.  Click On Next

     8.    Click on Start Server

                 Click On Finish

       9.   Click on Finish

10.   Check For the entire java file as a part of com.ws.*

11.    Select   IShowName_ShowNameImplPort_Client.java

                          ("Invoking getName...");

java.lang.String _getName_arg0 =

"Shrikant";

java.lang.String _getName__return = port.getName(_getName_arg0);

System.

out.println("getName.result=" + _getName__return);

And Run As Java Application.

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:q0="http://ws.com/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

  <soapenv:Body>

    <q0:getName>

      <q0:name>shrikant</q0:name>

    </q0:getName>

  </soapenv:Body>

</soapenv:Envelope>