Web Service dynamic invocation from WSDL at runtime

Question

I'm looking for a solution of dynamic web service client such as DII from JAX-RPC.

I need to generate a client from a WSDL. But the WSDL is only known at runtime (so I don't have any available interface).

I had a look on JbossESB, JbossWS, JaxWS,JaxRPC, but I could'nt find anything that fits this requirements.

Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

It appears that this is possible with CXF and some java reflection.

jax-ws-dynamic-dispatch-with-cxf

I'm personally looking for a solution for this + a dynamic server model as well.

Good luck.

Answer 2

finding a ready-made solution to your problem is not easy. at least none exist AFAIK. due to the inherent, unknown complexity of the backing schema types associated w/ an operation's request and response, it's not possible to have such a solution.

however, putting together the correct tools, or using some open-source frameworks/libraries/tools you might be able to achieve something similar. basically you'll need to have a WSDL4J implementation, along with a schema parser like XMLBeans to get this working.

A tool which comes to my mind is SoapUI . it achieves something similar - user loads a WSDL at runtime and thereafter can execute operations. the source of this tool is also available for modification under LGPL here . you'll need to strip and salvage the core functionality that suits your need. or best, build one of your own :]