Consume Webservices with AXIS from within WebAS

Question

I have problems invoking Web Services from within a bean running in WebAS. I am using Axis to create the calls to the WebServices.
From a WebService_A running on WebAS 6.4 I want to call WebServices both running on the same server (WebAS 6.4) and on different servers (e.g. Axis).
If in the endpoint I use the server machine's IP address, I get a server Timeout (502), if I use the machine's name I get the message "Unknown Host". Only when I call a WebService within WebAs and use "localhost" in the endpoint address, do I get the desired result.
I have already described the problem of calling a web service on a different server in the topic below,and have also tried to configure the servers proxy settings as described (which however showed no effect):
Proxy Settings for WebService invocation
As for the generation of proxies (Developer Studio generated deployable proxies) I do not know if they would work for calls on a different server (e.g. Axis), because Developer Studio for some reason would not generate the proxy for the Axis-generated WSDL file (no detailled error message). However I cannot use the generated proxies anyway, because I need to call on endpoints which are provided from a GUI, so I must do the calls by hand - or can I reset a proxy's endpoint?
Does anybody know which additional settings I have to set (Axis Engine, or in WebAS Administration?)
Every hint would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Hi,
You don't need LCDS/FDS/BlazeDS to consume a web service. All
you need to do is to use the WebService component.
Hope this helps.