Ksoap / j2me / .Net Web Service

Hi people

I am trying to connect to web service created in vb.net, through a midlet with KSoap.

My problem is not really connecting and getting a result, but rather setting a property in my midlet..

let me show you my code>

testWebService.java

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package testWebService;

/*
* testWebService.java
*
* Created on 21. november 2004, 19:18
*/

import javax.microedition.midlet.*;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.microedition.io.*;

import org.ksoap.*;
import org.ksoap.transport.*;
import org.ksoap.SoapObject;

public class testWebService extends MIDlet {

private Display display;
private String url = "http://myDomain.dk/ws/ws.asmx";
TextBox textBox = null;
private Command cmExit;

public testWebService()
{
display = Display.getDisplay(this);

}

public void startApp() {
try
{
doWebService(url);
}
catch(Exception e)
{
System.out.println("Exception: " + e);
}

}

public void pauseApp() {
}

public void destroyApp(boolean unconditional) {
destroyApp(false);
notifyDestroyed();
}

public void doWebService(String url) throws Exception
{
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
String name = "Phobos";
TextBox textBox = null;
SoapObject client = new SoapObject(url, "sayHello");
client.addProperty("name", name);

HttpTransport ht = new HttpTransport(url, "http://MyDomain.dk/ws/sayHello");
sb.append("" + ht.call(client));
System.out.println(client.getNamespace());

textBox = new TextBox("Simple Web Service Test: ", sb.toString(), 1024, 0);
display.setCurrent(textBox);
}

}

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And the web service ws.asmx>

<%@ WebService language="VB" class="ws" %>

Imports System
Imports System.Web.Services
Imports System.Xml.Serialization

<WebService(Namespace:="http://myDomain.dk/ws/")> Public Class ws

<WebMethod> Public Function sayHello(name As String) As String
Return "hello mr. " & name
End Function
End Class

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When invoking the web service from the midlet I would prefer the result:

"hello mr. Phobos"

But the result is:

"hello mr."

No Phobos!

So my guess is that the addPropery() is not working somehow, most likely a mistake on my behalf, and this is where you, the people, enters the picture.. hopefully you can help me out..

By the way, I have tried to change the name of the property to something else (in midlet code) but this gave no error or nothing.

Thanks in advance!

/soren
[ November 24, 2004: Message edited by: soren eriksen ]

Have tried using tcp/ip trace to see what http message is being transfered betwn mobile and server? escp the value "phobes" ??

Hi Balanji

Thats a really nice program, ive been looking for something like that for some time now, but never got around to doing something serious about getting one. But I would recommend YATT instead, since the other ones didnt seem to be working proper on my machine setup.

The response I get is this:

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HTTP/1.1 100 Continue
Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 20:43:21 GMT
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
MicrosoftOfficeWebServer: 5.0_Pub

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 20:43:22 GMT
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
MicrosoftOfficeWebServer: 5.0_Pub
X-AspNet-Version: 1.1.4322
Cache-Control: private, max-age=0
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 361

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><soap:Body><sayHelloResponse xmlns="http://myDomain.dk/ws/"><sayHelloResult>hello mr. </sayHelloResult></sayHelloResponse></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

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This is only whats returned, and not what is sent though(?)

So it seems that somehow my parameters are either not sent or not set.

I did some googling this morning and found a site mentioning something about "soaprpcmethod"

(http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.enhydra.ksoap/375)

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> First off, if you are using c#, *I* have found your webservice will play
> *much* nicer if you add this above your method declaration:
>
> [WebMethod]
> [System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapRpcMethod]
> public *return type* *function name* (*param list*)
>
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Ill try this out later, but if you have any experience with this, please me know:-)

/Soren

Ok, found a solution... I am posting it because it may be to some help for someone else someday...

Code for midlet> (remember adding KSoap to the project)

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package testWebService;
/*
* testWebService.java
*
* Created on 21. november 2004, 19:18
*/

import javax.microedition.midlet.*;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.microedition.io.*;

import org.ksoap.*;
import org.ksoap.transport.*;
import org.ksoap.SoapObject;

public class testWebService extends MIDlet {

private Display display;
private String url = "http://myDomain.dk/ws/ws.asmx";
TextBox textBox = null;
private Command cmExit;

public testWebService()
{
display = Display.getDisplay(this);

}

public void startApp() {
try
{
doWebService(url);
}
catch(Exception e)
{
System.out.println("Exception: " + e);
}

}

public void pauseApp() {
}

public void destroyApp(boolean unconditional) {
destroyApp(false);
notifyDestroyed();
}

public void doWebService(String url) throws Exception
{
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
String name = "Phobos";
TextBox textBox = null;
SoapObject client = new SoapObject("http://myDomain.dk/ws/", "sayHello");
client.addProperty("name", name);

HttpTransport ht = new HttpTransport(url, "sayHello");
sb.append("" + ht.call(client));
System.out.println(client.getNamespace());

textBox = new TextBox("Simple Web Service Test: ", sb.toString(), 1024, 0);
display.setCurrent(textBox);
}

}

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Code for webservice>

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<%@ WebService language="c#" class="ws" %>

using System;
using System.Web.Services;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.Web.Services.Protocols;

[WebService(Namespace="http://myDomain.dk/ws/")]
[SoapDocumentService(RoutingStyle=SoapServiceRoutingStyle.RequestElement)]
public class ws{

[WebMethod]
[System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapRpcMethod]

public string sayHello(string name)
{
return "hello mr. "+name;
}
}

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By the way is it possible to change the name of this thread, maybe it could be more useful if it had a more saying title?

/Soren

Originally posted by soren eriksen:
By the way is it possible to change the name of this thread, maybe it could be more useful if it had a more saying title?
/Soren

Soren you can change the subject by clicking the icon , in your first post of this thread.