Trouble compiling web service client file

Question

Hi,
I am trying to deploy a test web services implementation on JBoss 3.2.1 and Axis 1.1RC2. The problem is, I cannot even compile my client code (the one that invoke the web services)...it seems that the java compiler cannot locate the following packages:
import org.apache.axis.client.Call;
import org.apache.axis.client.Service;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
even though I have set my classpath (in the environment var part of my Win2k box) to: C:\axis-1_1RC2\lib\axis.jar;C:\axis-1_1RC2\lib\jaxrpc.jar;C:\axis-1_1RC2\lib\saaj.jar;C:\axis-1_1RC2\lib\commons-logging.jar;C:\axis-1_1RC2\lib\commons-discovery.jar;C:\axis-1_1RC2\lib\wsdl4j.jar;C:\axis-1_1RC2\lib\;C:\axis-1_1RC2\[rest of classpath truncated]
Has anyone experienced something similar? I'll award Duke dollars to the first person getting the right solution. Thanks!
Here are the error messages:
C:\web_clients>javac DataUserClient.java
DataUserClient.java:1: package org.apache.axis.client does not exist
import org.apache.axis.client.Call;
^
DataUserClient.java:2: package org.apache.axis.client does not exist
import org.apache.axis.client.Service;
^
DataUserClient.java:3: package javax.xml.namespace does not exist
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
^
DataUserClient.java:26: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class Service
location: class DataUserClient
Service myWebServ= new Service(url, "StandardPersonData");
^
DataUserClient.java:26: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class Service
location: class DataUserClient
Service myWebServ= new Service(url, "StandardPersonData");
^
DataUserClient.java:27: cannot resolve symbol

Answer 1

Hi,
I had the same problem with my client too. The problem is with your classpath. You have to set it at the command prompt as well as editing the setclasspath.bat file. The full path to where you libs are stored is required. eg:
set classpath=%classpath%;C:\axis-1_1\lib\axis.jar;C:\axis-1_1\lib\jaxrpc.jar...etc
I tried to set the classpath using %axisDirectory%\lib\axis.jar ...etc but it didnt work for whatever reason. The above method seems to eliminate all errors. At the moment im just running axis 1.1 under tomcat 4.1.
Hope that helps :-)