I had considered this but wasn't sure anyone else would be interested. After seeing the popularity of this thread I think I will proceed and submit the changes to the development group. Thanks for the suggestion.
Grant ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Loughran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 6:04 PM Subject: Re: Dynamic publishing > I agree that dynamic endpoints are handy; .net remoting does it BTW, though > that doesnt help. > > why not look at what the Axis engine is up to and maybe call it directly? > Adding an API to do everything seamlessly would be nice. > > -steve > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tuan Le Viet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 4:59 PM > Subject: RE: Dynamic publishing > > > > Grant, > > > > It's obviously your solution is a feasible work-around. However, as you > stated, it's really a big mess. > > > > Now I consider switching to GLUE which supports dynamic publishing from > the beginning. If you're interested, take a look at > http://www.themindelectric.com > > > > However, I really do hope that there is a clean solution using Axis. > Probably in near future. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Tuan > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Grant Echols (JanusLogix) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 2002/09/30 (月) 22:09 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: > > Subject: Re: Dynamic publishing > > > > > > > > Tuan, > > > > I have a similar need but for a totally different reason. We have a > services > > framework and want to dynamically publish public 'service entry points' at > > runtime through Axis SOAP. We only have a Java class file and an > associated > > interface as parameters so we have to make up the rest of the difference. > > Right now we're spawning Java2WSDL and WSDL2Java back to back so I can get > a > > .WSDD file and then call the AdminClient to deploy the deploy.wsdd file. > Its > > a mess and I wish there was a better way to do this. At this point we were > > too unsure of the deploy.wsdd file format to generate it ourselves. > Perhaps > > even having this documented, or having a class that we could instantiate > and > > call instead of actually spawning the wsdl... utilities would be better. > But > > for now, its working...:-( > > > > I'm hoping someone has a better way and will respond, but if you're still > > stuck you could possibly consider this route as an interim solution. > > > > Grant > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tuan Le Viet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:13 PM > > Subject: Dynamic publishing > > > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > Does Axis support "dynamic publishing"? > > > > > > My intention: > > > > > > +I have a class called BankAccount with 3 methods: > > > > > > +void deposit(int amount) > > > > > > +void withdraw(int amount) > > > > > > +int checkBalance() > > > > > > +I have a class Bank, which have 1 method: String getAccount(String > > accountNo). > > > > > > +I statically publish it as Web service, users will call getAccount > method > > to get the URL to BankAccount web service, for example: if user called > > getAccount("12345"), URL returned is: > > http://somehost/axis/services/account12345 > > > > > > +users then interact with this BankAccount webservice to deposit, > > withdraw, checkBalance. > > > > > > +In order to achieve this, it's required to dynamically publish each > > BankAccount instance as a web service. > > > > > > Is this possible with Axis? > > > > > > I would really appreciate any pointers. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Tuan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
