Yes, with firewall issues, SOAP is a common approach. I do not know anything about Iona's product, so I can't be of any help with configuring it to expose an EJB using SOAP.
Scott Nichol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vinayan Menon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:19 AM Subject: Re: From a Servlet > Hi Scott. > > Let me start by explaining why I decided on SOAP inplace of RMI. > > I have an application deployed on IONA, It contains only EJB's which access > a local Oracle 9i database and also a remote Corba Server. > > Now I have another server which is a web server + servlet container which > has all my JSP's and servlets. > > Both these servers are running in different hosts and also have a firewall > between them. Considering RMI, I was'nt able to lookup my Facade EJB (Entry > Point into IONA's application) and make method calls on it. I have managed > to communicate to IONA from JRUN using SOAP. Now what remains is to expose > the Facade EJB as a soap service so that I can make calls on it. > > Would it be possible to come over this situation in a better way ? I feel > SOAP is ideal for this and can get the job done. > > Regards. > > Vinay > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Nichol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 7:12 PM > Subject: Re: From a Servlet > > > > Just to belabor the point: are you certain you want to expose the EJB as a > > SOAP service and call it from the servlet using SOAP rather than calling > the > > EJB from the servlet using RMI? > > > > Assuming you are certain you want to use SOAP to connect the two, you > invoke > > the SOAP service from the servlet as shown in > > http://www.scottnichol.com/apachesoapservletclient.htm. As for exposing > the > > EJB, I do not know whether Iona provides a built-in way to do this. If it > > does not, you can use Apache SOAP to expose it. There is an EJB sample > > provided with Apache SOAP. I also have instructions for exposing an EJB > > from JBoss at http://www.scottnichol.com/apachesoapjboss.htm. That might > > give you a start. > > > > Scott Nichol > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Vinayan Menon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 12:29 AM > > Subject: Re: From a Servlet > > > > > > > Hi Scott. > > > > > > Thanks for the link... Its really helpful... I need one more > > > clarification... > > > > > > I have an ejb, I need to expose as a SOAP service, How should I go > about > > > this ? Also this service needs to be invoked from the servlet mentioned > > > earlier.. > > > > > > Regards. > > > > > > Vinay > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Scott Nichol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 10:36 PM > > > Subject: Re: From a Servlet > > > > > > > > > > I'm not sure why you would use a SOAP call instead of using RMI. > > > > > > > > For an example of making a SOAP call from a servlet, see > > > > http://www.scottnichol.com/apachesoapservletclient.htm. > > > > > > > > Scott Nichol > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Vinayan Menon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 12:05 AM > > > > Subject: From a Servlet > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > > > I need to make a SOAP call from a servlet deployed in JRUN to an EJB > > > > running in a IONA application server. > > > > > > > > Is there anyone who has handled a similar scenario ? > > > > > > > > Regards. > > > > > > > > Vinay > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
