Develop client bindings from a WSDL file

To develop the client bindings from a WSDL file, obtain the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the WSDL file to use.

If it is a local file and you are running the Windows platform, the URL looks like this: file:drive:\path\file_name.wsdl. If you are using the UNIX platform, the URL looks like this: file:/path/file_name.wsdl. You can also specify local files using the absolute or relative file system path.

Client bindings are generated using the -role develop-client option in combination with the -container option of the WSDL2Java command. The -container option takes the following parameters...

• -container client

  Generates bindings and deployment descriptors for a client residing the application client container.

• -container ejb

  Generates bindings and deployment descriptors for a client that is an EJB in the EJB module.

• -container web

  Generates bindings and deployment descriptors for a client residing in the Web container.

To develop client bindings from a WSDL file...

1. Run the WSDL2Java -verbose -role develop-client -container type wsdlURL command.

   Where type is ejb for an enterprise JavaBean (EJB) client, web for a Java bean client, or client for an application client.

   You can have:

   • -container web

   • -container ejb

   • -container client
   Since the verbose option is specified, a list of all generated files is displayed when the command runs.

The bindings and deployment descriptors needed by a client to use a Web service.

 

Usage Scenario

The following example uses an enterprise bean named AddressBook and a WSDL file named AddressBook.wsdl. After generating the bindings from the WSDL2Java -verbose -role develop-client -container client AddressBook.wsdl command, the following files are generated:

Parsing XML file:  file:e:/example/app/topdown/step1/AddressBook.wsdl 
WSWS3185I: Info: Parsing XML file:  AddressBook.wsdl
WSWS3282I: Info: Generating addr\Address.java.
WSWS3282I: Info: Generating addr\Phone.java.
WSWS3282I: Info: Generating addr\StateType.java.
WSWS3282I: Info: Generating addr\AddressBook.java.
WSWS3282I: Info: Generating addr\AddressBookService.java.
WSWS3282I: Info: Generating META-INF\webservicesclient.xml.
WSWS3282I: Info: Generating META-INF\ibm-webservicesclient-bnd.xmi.
WSWS3282I: Info: Generating META-INF\AddressBook_mapping.xml.
WSWS3282I: Info: Generating META-INF\ibm-webservicesclient-ext.xmi.

Complete the client implementation.Assemble a Web services-enabled client JAR and EAR file.

 

See Also

Developing Web services clients based on Web Services for J2EE

 

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