Url service data control - problem while POSTing to a restful webservice

Question

Hi,
I am trying to call a restful webservice to add a new employee .I have created the url service data control. The service method consumes XML.
When i am creating the url service datacontrol I selected the http method as POST and giving the servicepath and servicename as the source. After providing the xsd's path and all , when I test the url connection, I am getting the following error message:
URL Test: Received Error: Method Not Allowed
This might be because the clicking of the test url button is sending the get request, but the actual method is POST.
Now under the data controls navigator, If i view the newly created data control, i could see the loadData(Object) method which i assume is for retrieving the data from the service. But since i have mentioned the method as POST, why such a method is created? Also if its there, can I use the same for insert and update? I have used this loadData (Object) method to create a button which calls the webservice upon click. Under the data control property inspector, i changed the supportsupdate attribute's value to true. But when i am trying to save the employee from the jspx page, I am getting the following message in the integrated weblogic's log
Couldn't get access to the data source. Cause Unsupported Media Type exception in rest service
And on the server side I am getting the following error message:
No message body reader has been found for request class Employee, ContentType application/octet-stream.
I think the request is not going as XML. But while creating the datacontrol i have specified the xsd document for the iput xml request. Does ADF automatically creates the XML from the input parametres? If it does not, then what could be done to achieve that? The default actionListener of the submit button is #{bindings.loadData.execute}. Do i have to override it to send the XML request? Or have I missed anything in trying to achieve what i intend?
I had refered this link for reference :
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E18941_01/tutorials/jdtut_11r2_53/jdtut_11r2_53.html
Rampal
Edited by: user12011868 on Jan 22, 2012 10:03 PM

Answer 1

Hi Frank,
I had specified the HTTP method as POST as well as PUT. But the same error is appearing in the both the cases.
URL Test: Received Error: Method Not Allowed
And when I am clicking on the 'Test URL Connection' , I can't see any option of selecting the HTTP method. This option only appears in the step 2 of creating the URL service data control where we mention the URL endpoint and the source.
What could be the reason for the error.
Rampal