Creating a custom Web Service without Visual Studio

Hi,

I have some time so I'm revisiting the case of generating your own web service. I decided this time around to focus only on the Java implementation with Apache. My question is this: Is it possible to generate a war file **without** requiring visual studio? The reason I ask is that I've had no luck using examples (or the course material which is written for Vis Studio 2008...I have 2010 and 2012 only) to generate a service for IIS, and when I asked online, others said that they managed to get it working for Apache and just commented out the Visual Studio code in the ant build file.

I tried this approach, but it appears that at least for the method done in the Learning Services course material, the generation of the <service>_JAXWS.class file depends on running a visual studio project which generates a WSDL and from that you get the JAXWS class file. Is there any way of getting this without using Visual Studio?

-Hugh

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Guy_Pomerleau

You should try with Eclipse

HFCDev

Could you elaborate? As I see it, at least in the way the steps are laid out in the course work, the purpose of using Visual Studio is to write a temporary service that runs within VS and presents the WSDL using the generated classes. The Ant build executes the VS project and generates the JAX_WS class from the WSDL output. If these steps could be done in Eclipse I'd love to know about it. Previously I was told officially from Open Text that in order to create a new service, Visual Studio was required even if the implementation was going to be in a pure Java environment.

Theoretically, the same WS implementation is defined in Java classes, so if they could be run in a temporary web server within the Eclipse environment, the JAXWS class could be created.

As a BTW, I went back to loading Visual Studio 2010 and followed through everything. I'm still hung up on the JAXWS generation but in particular, I wonder if anyone can tell me when you use the ant build file as supplied with the web services SDK, how the name of the JAXWS class is arrived at?

-Hugh

HFCDev

I've managed to answer some of this. It appears that no part of the Java implementation requires Visual Studio - the JAX_WS class is actually generated by the compile.java section of the ant build file. So in theory, you could comment out anything to do with Micro$soft and visual studio and have the complete WAR file. I suspect the reason for the official explanation that VIsual Studio is required is that it means not having to edit the stock build.xml file. Beware the properties though - some of those parameters are case sensitive.

-Hugh

HFCDev

Actually, now I know why the official line is that Visual Studio is required. Everything compiles in Java without the C# code, but the C# project referenced in build.xml generates a WSDL file and that WSDL file needs to be bundled with the war file or tomcat won't be able to load the service.

I'm sure it's probably possible to create a mini-service (as is done through VS) in Eclipse, but I've never seen it done.

-Hugh

Appu_Nair1

Thanks Hugh for sharing your knowledge selflessly.We apprecaite your contributions.

Marwan El-khoueiry

Hi Hugh,

I have done the course, and I have the same issue as you, I have VS2010 and not 2008. All I need is a WAR file, I have changed the build.xml file and the properties file to see if I can exclude the .NET stuff, but I realised they are used to create the WAR file. Have you been able to generate the WAR file at all? if so, are you able to share your experience?

Thanks

Marwan

marwan.khoueiry@gmail.com

Maxim_Chernyaev

Quoted Marwan El-khoueiry on 03/30/2016 03:18 PM:

Hi Hugh,

Thanks

Marwan

marwan.khoueiry@gmail.com

Same problem. Does Anyone have a solution or some somewhat guide to create a tomcat-webservice without Visual Studio?

eLink User

A friend wrote oscript and got stuck on the WSDL generation part so I helped him once with a .NET svc generation.The OT document is not very easy nor is ANT and errors very friendly,So I created a word document with some edits to the OT document.Another friend recently confirmed the procedure works well.If you want I can send that your mail.It only concentrates on the .NET stuff though .

.....appu appnair appunair

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On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 7:22 AM, eLink Entry: Content Web Services Forum <otdncontentwebservices971forum@elinkkc.opentext.com> wrote:

Creating a custom Web Service without Visual Studio Posted byChernyaev, MaximOn 03/30/2016 08:18 AM

Quoted Marwan El-khoueiry on 03/30/2016 03:18 PM:
Hi Hugh,
I have done the course, and I have the same issue as you, I have VS2010 and not 2008. All I need is a WAR file, I have changed the build.xml file and the properties file to see if I can exclude the .NET stuff, but I realised they are used to create the WAR file. Have you been able to generate the WAR file at all? if so, are you able to share your experience?
Thanks
Marwan
marwan.khoueiry@gmail.com

Same problem. Does Anyone have a solution or some somewhat guide to create a tomcat-webservice without Visual Studio?
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Maxim_Chernyaev

Quoted eLink on 03/30/2016 05:25 PM:

.....appu appnair appunair

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
James Thurber, New Yorker cartoon caption, June 5, 1937

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 7:22 AM, eLink Entry: Content Web Services Forum <otdncontentwebservices971forum@elinkkc.opentext.com> wrote:

Creating a custom Web Service without Visual Studio Posted by Chernyaev, Maxim On 03/30/2016 08:18 AM

Quoted Marwan El-khoueiry on 03/30/2016 03:18 PM:

Hi Hugh,

I have done the course, and I have the same issue as you, I have VS2010 and not 2008. All I need is a WAR file, I have changed the build.xml file and the properties file to see if I can exclude the .NET stuff, but I realised they are used to create the WAR file. Have you been able to generate the WAR file at all? if so, are you able to share your experience?

Thanks

Marwan

marwan.khoueiry@gmail.com

Same problem. Does Anyone have a solution or some somewhat guide to create a tomcat-webservice without Visual Studio?

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It would be great, please send it here maximchernyaev@gmail.com

Thank you.