Calling a Webservice

Question

Hi guys,
I have a webservice that is deployed, running and working on a Weblogic Server (lets for now use my localhost and port 7001).
I want to create a simple client in Java to call it and use the information it returns. I used the same code on another service and it worked, but this service accepts a string and returns a string - easy.
My webservice returns a List of objects. The objects are of a type that I defined as SchemeExclusionApplicabilityVO. I read that I need to use the "MapTypes" and "QName" methods in order to define my types, but I can't get it right. I don't know where to look up the values to pass as parameters. I have the wsdl file and also the xml that gets returned as result. Pasted my test code below. If it will help - let me know and I can paste an extract of the wsdl and/or resultant soap message.
This is the error that I get:
SOAP-ENV:Client, No Deserializer found to deserialize a ':result' using encoding style 'http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/'
(I know there are other tools that makes this easier, but I would like to get this to work. Has it got something to do with the fact that I might need to map the List first and then my other types?)
CODE:
URL url = new URL( "http://localhost:7001/XXX/ExclusionService/ChronicExclusionService" );
String urn = "urn:demo1:exchange"; //NOT SURE OF THIS ONE - LEFT IT LIKE THE EXAMPLE I FOUND
Call call = new Call();
SOAPMappingRegistry smr = new SOAPMappingRegistry();
BeanSerializer beanSer = new BeanSerializer();
//DONT KNOW IF THE STATEMENT BELOW IS CORRECT - DOUBT IT
smr.mapTypes(Constants.NS_URI_SOAP_ENC,
new QName("java:za.co.xxx.benefitScheme.services.vo", "SchemeExclusionApplicabilityVO"),
SchemeExclusionApplicabilityVO.class, beanSer, beanSer);
call.setTargetObjectURI( urn );
call.setMethodName( "getAllApplicableExclusionsPerDiagnosis" );
call.setEncodingStyleURI(Constants.NS_URI_SOAP_ENC);
call.setSOAPMappingRegistry(smr);
Vector params = new Vector();
params.addElement( new Parameter( "string", String.class, "80000", Constants.NS_URI_SOAP_ENC ) );
params.addElement( new Parameter( "string0", String.class, "0", Constants.NS_URI_SOAP_ENC ) );
params.addElement( new Parameter( "string1", String.class, "7777", Constants.NS_URI_SOAP_ENC ) );
params.addElement( new Parameter( "string2", String.class, "20060610", Constants.NS_URI_SOAP_ENC ) );
call.setParams( params );
Response response = call.invoke( url, "" );

Answer 1

hi Jideofor
see also forum thread "ADF binding on Web Service Data Controls"
ADF binding on Web Service Data Controls
If you found examples or documentation of using an ADF Model Data Control on a "non trivial" Web Service, please update this forum thread.
many thanks
Jan Vervecken