[newbie howto] Create client under axis/apache/tomcat

[Taylor, Clarence B]

I have been able to get my service deployed on my "server" tomcat server and can get results when I run a native application, i.e. an eclipse Run main, where I specify the appropriate classpaths on the run statement.

 

I am looking for the "proper" way to integrate it into my "client" tomcat server, which is a different machine than my "server" tomcat server.  I am trying put together a JSP that will call my axis client.  My axis service serves an array of classes(objects), where each class/object consists of 3 simple strings.  I am not sure where to put what.  That is on my "client" tomcat server where (what directories) do I put a jsp that can call a flavor of the "test client" (clientGetMyNames...not shown).  I can probably kluge things up by putting everything in the class path, but that feels wrong.

 

Any clues or help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Sample JSP page

<% MyNames[] mn;

   mn = clientGetMyNames("test");

   int l = mn.length();

   for (int i = 0;i mn.length(); i++) {
      out.println(mn[i].firstName+" "+mn[i].lastName);

} %>

 

Details:

the service:

public class MyTestSoapBindingImpl implements my.test.package.MyTest {
    my.test.package.MyNames[] getMyNames(java.lang.String in0) throws java.rmi.RemoteException {

    MyNames[] mn = new MyNames[5];

.... code to fill in the mn array ....

   Return mn;

  }

}

package my.test.package;

public class MyNames {

   String firstName;

   String lastName;

   String middleName;

}

 

The test client:

public static void main (String[] args) throws Exception {
       try {
       MyTest binding = new MyTestServiceLocator().getMyNames();
           MyNames[] value = null;
           value = binding.getMyNames("*");
           if (value == null)
               System.out.println("null results");
           else {
               System.out.println("length: "+value.length);
               for (int i = 0;i < value.length;i++) {
                   MyNames mn = value[i];
                       if (mn != null) {
                           System.out.println("Struct["+i+"]:= first: "+mn.firstName+
                       ", last:"+mn.lastName+
                       ", mid:"+mn.middleName);                           }
                       else  {
                           System.out.println("String["+i+"]:= *novalue*");
                           }
               }
           }
       }

 

       catch (java.rmi.RemoteException re) {
           System.out.println("error"+re.toString());
       }
   }

 

Thank you

Brad Taylor