How to send a SOAP Request

[kurie]

How do i send a Soap request like the below in Java.
Links to SOAP for newbies will be much appreciated as well.

Regards
POST /Quotation HTTP/1.0
Host:

http://www.xyz.org

Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: nnn

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope
xmlns:SOAP-ENV="

http://www.w3.org/2001/12/soap-envelope"

SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="

http://www.w3.org/2001/12/soap-encoding">

<SOAP-ENV:Body xmlns:m="

http://www.xyz.org/quotations">

<m:GetQuotation>
<m:QuotationsName>MiscroSoft</m:QuotationsName>
</m:GetQuotation>
</SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

 

[TonHu]

Use a SOAP library like Axis2, it can even be used with/from POJO's, as it comes with a mini http server:

http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/core/

 

[kurie]

Thanks TonHu, but say i already have a wsdl file with the schema, to create the xml file, do i still need that.

 

[kurie]

Hi TonHu,Thansk for your help, which file am i suppose to download. do i have to install the whole Axis server or there are jar file, i just have to import and then use.

 

[Diancecht]

I'd take a look at Apache CXF

Cheers,
Dian

 

[kurie]

Hi Thanks DianCecht,
Do i need to install Apache first or i just have to import the jar files. i was wondering where the URL for sending will come from. i have seen the following example:

http://cxf.apache.org/docs/a-simple-jax-ws-service.html

 

[Diancecht]

That link is to build a service, not to invoke a service. Take a look at this

Cheers,
Dian

 

[TonHu]

Cfx is as good, or possibly better than Axis2.

Just don't try to mock up your own xml to send to 'the other side', that's just a waste of time to say the least, en very error-prone as well.

 

[kurie]

Thank guys for your help, im getting this error message when i try to read from wsdl file:
Exception in thread "main" javax.xml.ws.WebServiceException: {

http://server.hw.demo/}HelloWorld

is not a valid service. Valid services are: {

http://apache.org/hello_world_soap_http}SOAPService

My implimentation is like this:
private static final QName SERVICE_NAME
// = new QName("

http://server.hw.demo/",

"HelloWorld");
= new QName("

http://apache.org/hello_world_soap_http",

"S0APService");
private static final QName PORT_NAME
= new QName("

http://apache.org/hello_world_soap_http",

"HelloWorldPort");

 

[kurie]

i have fixed the above problem, but am now getting Undefined Port Type:

http://mesh/}HelloWorld.

Do i have to create a port somewhere outside the code.

Regards