Axis, deploy webservice without starting server

[yc lim]

Hi all,
im wondering if i can deploy Axis webservice using Ant or anything without starting the tomcat. It seems that i need to start up the server and run
java -cp %AXISCLASSPATH% org.apache.axis.client.AdminClient
-lhttp://localhost:8080/axis/services/AdminService deploy.wsdd
to deploy my webservice. im finding ways that i can compile and package everything using ant. any hints are greatly appreciated. thanks all!

[Rr Kumaran]

may be you can write an ant script that does below :

a. add an entry for each of your newly created web service into your AXIS Web Applications server-config.wsdd file

b. using tomcat provided ant tasks to restart your tomcat server. i believe there are free available ant tasks scripts on NET for this.

[somkiat puisungnoen]

Ant script to manage Tomcat

 <!-- ============================================================== -->
<!-- Tomcat tasks - remove these if you don't have Tomcat installed -->
<!-- ============================================================== -->
 
    <taskdef name="install" classname="org.apache.catalina.ant.InstallTask">
        <classpath>
            <path location="${tomcat.home}/server/lib/catalina-ant.jar"/>
        </classpath>
    </taskdef>
    <taskdef name="reload" classname="org.apache.catalina.ant.ReloadTask">
        <classpath>
            <path location="${tomcat.home}/server/lib/catalina-ant.jar"/>
        </classpath>
    </taskdef>
    <taskdef name="list" classname="org.apache.catalina.ant.ListTask">
        <classpath>
            <path location="${tomcat.home}/server/lib/catalina-ant.jar"/>
        </classpath>
    </taskdef>
    <taskdef name="start" classname="org.apache.catalina.ant.StartTask">
        <classpath>
            <path location="${tomcat.home}/server/lib/catalina-ant.jar"/>
        </classpath>
    </taskdef>
    <taskdef name="stop" classname="org.apache.catalina.ant.StopTask">
        <classpath>
            <path location="${tomcat.home}/server/lib/catalina-ant.jar"/>
        </classpath>
    </taskdef>
 
    <target name="install" description="Install application in Tomcat">
        <install url="${tomcat.manager.url}"
                 username="${tomcat.manager.username}"
                 password="${tomcat.manager.password}"
                 path="/${name}"
                 war="${name}"/>
    </target>
 
    <target name="reload" description="Reload application in Tomcat">
        <reload url="${tomcat.manager.url}"
                 username="${tomcat.manager.username}"
                 password="${tomcat.manager.password}"
                 path="/${name}"/>
    </target>
 
    <target name="start" description="Start Tomcat application">
        <start url="${tomcat.manager.url}"
                 username="${tomcat.manager.username}"
                 password="${tomcat.manager.password}"
                 path="/${name}"/>
    </target>
 
    <target name="stop" description="Stop Tomcat application">
        <stop url="${tomcat.manager.url}"
                 username="${tomcat.manager.username}"
                 password="${tomcat.manager.password}"
                 path="/${name}"/>
    </target>
 
    <target name="list" description="List Tomcat applications">
        <list url="${tomcat.manager.url}"
                 username="${tomcat.manager.username}"
                 password="${tomcat.manager.password}"/>
    </target>
 
<!-- End Tomcat tasks --> 

[yc lim]

Thanks for the help . i manage to find the how to deploy the webservice. By using the Admin class they provide

<java classname="org.apache.axis.utils.Admin"  
fork="true" dir="build/web/WEB-INF"> 
<arg value="server" /> 
<arg value="${basedir}/webservice/deploy.wsdd" /> 
<classpath> 
<path refid="axis.classpath"/> 
</classpath> 
</java>