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Testing the Web service with CICS access

To test the generated code, we use the Web Services Explorer.

Right-click Ec03WrapperService.wsdl and select Web Services Æ Test with Web Services Explorer.

The Web Services Explorer opens (Figure | 0-27):

Click the invoke operation.

For the arg0 parameter, click Add.

Type Hello as value.

Click Go.

Figure 20-27 Web Services Explorer

The Web service is invoked and you should obtain a SOAP message result as shown in Example | 0-5. Click Source in the Status pane to see the SOAP messages.

Example 20-5 Web service response (formatted for readability)

<soapenv:Envelope

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

<soapenv:Body>

	<invokeResponse xmlns:ns2="http://cics.sample/">

		<return>

			sample.cics.data.EC03ChannelRecord@4f474f47

			sample.cics.data.OutputContainer@5e905e90 Input data was: Hello

			sample.cics.data.InputContainer@5f005f00 Hello

			sample.cics.data.LengthContainer@5f255f25 Buffer Size: 4 bytes

				00000010 00000000 00000000 00000000 |................|

		</return> 

	</invokeResponse>

</soapenv:Body>

</soapenv:Envelope>

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