How to make the WSDL URL configurable?

[Yogesh Gandhi]

Hey guys,

I have a requirement where in client wants that the WSDL location should be configurable in the client's code.

I have generated clients code from the WSDL and it generates the client code something like the following

@WebServiceRef(wsdlLocation="http://localhost:8080/helloservice/hello?wsdl")
static HelloService service;

But the requirement is that this URL should be configurable and cannot be hard-coded.

Can you please suggest a way how can I do this?

Regards
Yogesh

[Roger Sterling]

setEndPointreference( ... ) will set the specific endpoint you want. new QName( ... ) will set the namespace and expose the path-to-service property. You may benefit by doing more in-depth reading of the Axis documentation.

[Yogesh Gandhi]

Hi,

Here is the detail of my setup.

I generated stubs from WSDL using JDev 11g.

As specified earlier, the WSDL URL is being hard-coded in the generated stubs in the annotations as well. Due to this reason I am not able to set the WSDL path at run-time.

Here is the constructor of the class

public CMSPaymentService_Service()
{
           super(wsdlLocationURL, "http://abcbank.com/CMSPaymentService/","CMSPaymentService"));
}

This wsdlLocationURL is a private static URL member variable of the class, which we can definitely set at run time.

So, do you mean to say, that the URL given in the annotations as follows, doesn't impact it?

@WebServiceClient(wsdlLocation="/usr/IBM/los/mywsdl.WSDL",targetNameSpace="http://www.abcbank.com/CMSPaymentService/", name="CMSPaymentService")

Someone is talking about Dynamic Proxy here. Do you have any clue about what it is ?


http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/javaee/j2ee-ws-140408.html

[Roger Sterling]

The @WebServiceClient annotation sets only the default values. You can override these values at runtime. You can read information from a properties file and use that information as the input to the function calls I mentioned earlier to set the override values.

Dynamic proxy is something totally different. Don't get confused.

[Yogesh Gandhi]

Thanks a lot man. I am glad to know that there WSDL URL can be set at runtime.

This answer of yours solves one of my biggest hurdles.

Thanks again.

[Sudhindra Bhargav]

I am having the same question, could you point me to a proper example on how the wsdl location can be set at runtime.
Appreciate the help.
Thanks