User Manual
Developing the TemperatureConverter Web Service on Windows
Developing the TemperatureConverter web service on a Windows system involves the following
activities:
1. Generating the web service skeleton file using WSDL2Java
2. Update service skeleton with business logic
3. Creating an Axis2/Java AAR File
Generating the web service skeleton file using WSDL2Java
To generate the web service skeleton file, complete the following steps:
1. Create the TemperatureConverter-Contract-First sub-directory in <My SASH
Home>\axis2\gettingstarted directory on your Windows system.
2. Create a WSDL file for the TemperatureConverter application. You can use one of the following
approaches to create a WSDL file:
1. Use an existing WSDL file.
If you want to use an existing WSDL file, save the file as TemperatureConverter.wsdl
in the <My SASH
Home>\axis2\gettingstarted\TemperatureConverter-Contract-First
directory.
2. Create a new WSDL file.
Open any text editor that you have on your Windows system. Save the file as
TemperatureConverter.wsdl in the <My SASH
Home>\axis2\gettingstarted\TemperatureConverter-Contract-First
directory and include the required contract.
3. Set the bin directory of Axis2/Java in the Path variable using the following command:
<command prompt>: set AXIS2_HOME=<Axis2 Home>
For example,
command>set AXIS2_HOME=C:\axis2-1.5.2-bin
command>set PATH=%PATH%;%AXIS2_HOME%\bin;
4. Run the following command to generate the service skeleton file, an ant build file, and the
service descriptor file:
<command prompt>: WSDL2Java -uri TemperatureConverter.wsdl -ss -sd true
The command generates the following service artifacts:
• build.xml
This is an ant file that is used to perform tasks such as, build the Axis2/Java archive file,
clean the Axis2/Java archive file, and so on.
• resources
This directory contains two files: the WSDL file for the service,
TemperatureConverter.wsdl, and the service descriptor file, services.xml file
• src
This is the source folder for the application. By default, the following package structure
is created in the src directory:
org\apache\axis2\
NOTE: You can also specify a different package structure for your application using
the WSDL2Java tool. For more information on the WSDL2Java options, see http://
ws.apache.org/axis/java/reference.html.
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