Servlet-Based Web Service Configuration Example from Ivan Kriz's Tutorial

[Kumar Sonu]

I configured the web service as explained in the example (Servlet-Based Web Service Configuration Example, Pg-277)

The webservices.xml has one setting as:
<wsdl-file>WEB-INF/wsdl/HelloWorldWSService.wsdl</wsdl-file>

After deploying the service to Glass Fish (v3.1) I get an error as:

[#|2011-08-15T17:16:48.256+0530|SEVERE|glassfish3.1|javax.enterprise.system.core.com.sun.enterprise.v3.server|_ThreadID=35;_ThreadName=Thread-1;|
wsdl file WEB-INF/wsdl/HelloWorldWSService.wsdl does not exist for web service HelloTest Desc
java.lang.RuntimeException: wsdl file WEB-INF/wsdl/HelloWorldWSService.wsdl does not exist for web service HelloTest Desc
	at com.sun.enterprise.deployment.util.ModuleContentValidator.accept(ModuleContentValidator.java:196)

The error is for obvoius reason that I don't have the WSDL yet at the location until I have deployed the service to GlassFish.

Is the WSDL needs to be coded first for the example to work ?
And if the WSDL needs to be coded first I am just wondering what is the whole point of defining a "webservices.xml" file.

Too confusing ...

Please clarify.

[Ivan Krizsan]

Hi!
The WSDL file can be found on page 278.
In addition, on page 279 there is a motivation to why a webservices.xml file is needed:

When developing on GlassFish v2 and supplying a web.xml deployment descriptor but no webservices.xml deployment descriptor, a servlet-based web service will not be recognized as a web service. After having supplied a webservices.xml deployment descriptor, the web service will once again appear in GlassFish.

This may have changed in GlassFish v3.

By the way, my last name is Krizsan.
Best wishes!

[Kumar Sonu]

Got it. Thanks again and sorry again for the name ..