In the previous chapter Spring -WS - First Application, we have generated WSDL automatically using the Spring WS Configuration. In this case, we will display how to expose the existing WSDL using the Spring WS.
Step | Description |
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1 | Create a project with a name leaveService under a package com.howcodex as explained in the Spring WS - First Application chapter. |
2 | Create a WSDL leave.wsdl under the /WEB-INF/wsdl sub-folder. |
3 | Update spring-ws-servlet.xml under the /WEB-INF sub-folder. We are using the static-wsdl tag here instead of the dynamic-wsdl. |
4 | The final step is to create content of all source and configuration files and export the application as explained below. |
<wsdl:definitions xmlns:wsdl = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" xmlns:soap = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/" xmlns:schema = "http://howcodex.com/hr/schemas" xmlns:tns = "http://howcodex.com/hr/definitions" targetNamespace = "http://howcodex.com/hr/definitions"> <wsdl:types> <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"> <xsd:import namespace = "http://howcodex.com/hr/schemas" schemaLocation = "hr.xsd"/> </xsd:schema> </wsdl:types> <wsdl:message name = "LeaveRequest"> <wsdl:part element = "schema:LeaveRequest" name = "LeaveRequest"/> </wsdl:message> <wsdl:portType name = "HumanResource"> <wsdl:operation name = "Leave"> <wsdl:input message = "tns:LeaveRequest" name = "LeaveRequest"/> </wsdl:operation> </wsdl:portType> <wsdl:binding name = "HumanResourceBinding" type = "tns:HumanResource"> <soap:binding style = "document" transport = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/> <wsdl:operation name = "Leave"> <soap:operation soapAction = "http://mycompany.com/RequestLeave"/> <wsdl:input name = "LeaveRequest"> <soap:body use = "literal"/> </wsdl:input> </wsdl:operation> </wsdl:binding> <wsdl:service name = "HumanResourceService"> <wsdl:port binding = "tns:HumanResourceBinding" name = "HumanResourcePort"> <soap:address location = "http://localhost:8080/leaveService/"/> </wsdl:port> </wsdl:service> </wsdl:definitions>
<beans xmlns = "http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:context = "http://www.springframework.org/schema/context" xmlns:sws = "http://www.springframework.org/schema/web-services" xsi:schemaLocation = "http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/web-services http://www.springframework.org/schema/web-services/web-services-2.0.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd"> <context:component-scan base-package = "com.howcodex.hr"/> <sws:annotation-driven/> <sws:static-wsdl id = "leave" location = "/WEB-INF/wsdl/leave.wsdl"/> </beans>
Once we are done with creating source and configuration files, we should export the application. Right click on the application, use Export → WAR File option and save your leaveService.war file in Tomcat's webapps folder.
Now, start the Tomcat server and ensure that we can access other webpages from the webapps folder using a standard browser. Try to access the URL – http://localhost:8080/leaveService/leave.wsdl, if everything is ok with the Spring Web Application, we will see the following screen.