Dynamic client invocation (6.1) question

Question

Hi
I am invoking an external webservice using a WL6.1 based client.
Since I have the WSDL, I use WebSeviceProxy.getServiceAt(wsdl)
to get the proxy based on the given wsdl URL. The external
webservice has the following signature :
void notification(Measurement[])
Measurement { long timestamp; double value }
In my client code, I have my own test.telemetry.Measurement
class. In the WSDL, the Measurement datastructure's QName is
http://www.6d.com/Measurement.
I am thinking that the WL webservices machinery will be able
to serialize my test.telemetry.Measurement object into the WSDL
specificed format for the Measurement datastructure. But that
doesn't seem to be happening - the QName in the serialization
is java:test.telemetry.Measurement; and hence the external
endpoint doesn't recogonize it.
I guess my above assumption is wrong ? (WHY ?)
Any workarounds ? Note that I have to use the dynamic client
mode, not the static mode.
thanx
-john

Answer 1

Hi John,
I'm don't think that you will be able to get WLS 6.1's Web Services Platform (i.e.
SOAP processor, WSDL processor, etc), to use your Measurement Java Bean in its
serialization/deserialization, unless the namespace prefix for it (the Measurement
complex type in the WSDL) is "java:" in the WSDL :-)
WLS 6.1 assumes that namespace URIs that start with "java:" are Java package names,
and that the corresponding elements are Java classes (i.e. <xsd:element name="Measurement">)
in that Java package. You might be able to get WLS 6.1 to use your Measurement
Java Bean using public methods on the SoapEncodingCodec class, but not if you
use the WSDL. It will still be a dynamic client. It just won't start with using
the WSDL to define stuff for you.
Regards,
Mike Wooten
"john" <[email protected]> wrote:
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Hi
I am invoking an external webservice using a WL6.1 based client.
Since I have the WSDL, I use WebSeviceProxy.getServiceAt(wsdl)
to get the proxy based on the given wsdl URL. The external
webservice has the following signature :
void notification(Measurement[])
Measurement { long timestamp; double value }
In my client code, I have my own test.telemetry.Measurement
class. In the WSDL, the Measurement datastructure's QName is
http://www.6d.com/Measurement.
I am thinking that the WL webservices machinery will be able
to serialize my test.telemetry.Measurement object into the WSDL
specificed format for the Measurement datastructure. But that
doesn't seem to be happening - the QName in the serialization
is java:test.telemetry.Measurement; and hence the external
endpoint doesn't recogonize it.
I guess my above assumption is wrong ? (WHY ?)
Any workarounds ? Note that I have to use the dynamic client
mode, not the static mode.
thanx
-john