multiple web service styles in one application

[Sangeeta Mahajan]

Hi,
Can a web service application (*.ear) comprise of 2 web services, one of RPC-style and and the other of Messaging Style.
I want to write one web service that receives and XML string and the other web service receiving a file (bulk processing). Can I define the first web service to be RPC-style and write a stateless session bean? Can I define the second web service to Messaging style and write a message driven bean?
Thanks,
Sangeeta

[Lasse Koskela]

Hello Sangeeta, and welcome to the 'ranch!
First of all, I'd like to ask you to edit your display name since it's not compliant with our naming policy without a last name.

Can a web service application (*.ear) comprise of 2 web services, one of RPC-style and and the other of Messaging Style.

Yes, an .ear can include a number of different web services.

I want to write one web service that receives and XML string and the other web service receiving a file (bulk processing). Can I define the first web service to be RPC-style and write a stateless session bean? Can I define the second web service to Messaging style and write a message driven bean?

Which application server are you using? Are you using the application server's built-in web services engine or something you deploy along with your .ear (i.e. Apache Axis)?

[Sangeeta Mahajan]

I am using the services of the application server is weblogic 6.
Thanks,
Sangeeta Mahajan

[Lasse Koskela]

As far as I know, WebLogic (not 6.x, not 7.x, and not 8.x) doesn't support MDBs as web service endpoints so you might need to implement the web service as a regular class and have that class forward the incoming messages to a JMS queue yourself.