FW: repost of WSDL2Java question

[Glen Daniels <gd...@macromedia.com>]

Reposting this here too.
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Glen Daniels 
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 1:54 PM
To: 'axis-dev@xml.apache.org'
Subject: RE: repost of WSDL2Java question


Hi Mark, sorry for the delay in getting back to you!
 
The <port>Service.java class is the interface which the Locator implements.  It's true this may not be strictly necessary, since no one I know of uses it yet.  It might come in handy later though for portable clients which dont want to know what particular implementation they're using.... *shrug*
 
The Skeleton class is no longer generated by default, we now put the metadata that it contained into the WSDD descriptor.  You can still get it by specifying the --skeletonDeploy option for the tool, though.
 
The port type interface itself is pretty handy, esp since that's what you get from the locator in most cases.  It's an implementation-independent model of the actual web service methods.
 
The Impl isn't strictly necessary if you have your own class which implements this stuff already, although you need to make sure that it's compatible with what the Impl looks like.  Your solution #2 is totally reasonable in that case, just point the className parameter of the WSDD service to your class.
 
Hope this helps,
 
--Glen
 
 -----Original Message-----
From: Volkmann, Mark [mailto:Mark.Volkmann@AGEDWARDS.com]
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 1:46 PM
To: axis-dev@xml.apache.org
Subject: repost of WSDL2Java question



I posted this on the axis-user list this morning, but didn't get a response so I'm trying here.  I have an urgent need to understand this because I'm giving a presentation on Axis soon and I don't want to mislead anyone.

I believe WSDL2Java generates eight files. I understand the benefit of these four. 

{port-name}SoapBindingStub.java - class 
{port-name}ServiceLocator.java - class 
deploy.wsdd 
undeploy.wsdd 

If you already have a Java class that implements your web service operations, is there any point in using the following generated files?

{port-name}SoapBindingSkeleton.java - class 
{port-name}Service.java - interface implemented by skeleton class 
{port-name}SoapBindingImpl.java - class 
{port-name}.java - interface implemented by impl class   

The generated deploy.wsdd file references the skeleton class. 
The skeleton class uses the impl class. 

It seems to me that I have two choices. 
1) modify the impl class to invoke methods in my existing web service implementation class 
2) modify deploy.wsdd to reference my existing web service implementation class instead of the generated skeleton class 

Both options work for me. If the generated skeleton and impl classes and their interfaces don't add any value then I think I prefer option 2 ... four fewer classes deployed.

Am I missing something? 




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