Use the Web Service Explorer
You use the Web Services Explorer in Eclipse to see the Web service in action.
- Click on the BookLegacy link in the list of services.
This will bring up the WSDL in XML format.
- Copy the URL http://localhost:8080/DynWebTest1/services/BookLegacy?wsdl from the text box at the top of the view.
- Click Run > Launch the Web Services Explorer. The Web Services Explorer view should appear.
- Click the
WSDL Page icon
. In the Navigator pane, an item called WSDL Main should appear.
- Click WSDL Main to show the Open WSDL pane.
- Paste the copied URL (or enter
http://localhost:8080/DynWebTest1/services/BookLegacy?wsdl) into the text box and click
Go.
This brings up a WSDL Binding Details page, which includes a table listing all the operations.
- Click on readBook. This brings up an Invoke a WSDL Operation page.
- Type 1111 into the stockNo field and click Go.
- The results are shown in the Status pane below the Actions pane.
- Clicking on addBook brings up a form to enter the details for a new book. You can see how the Explorer has used the WSDL to generate a form for this operation.
- Enter the details of this book and click Go.
- The book details should be returned in the Status pane.
- Try the other operations in the Navigator pane.