Creating a simple webservice using JAX-WS

This example creates a simple webservice using JAX-WS

Message.java 

package edu.demo.ws;

importjavax.jws.WebMethod;

importjavax.jws.WebService;

@WebService

public class Message {

      @WebMethod

      public String getMessage(String text) {

            return "Message " + text;

      }

}

Main.java

package edu.demo.ws;

importjavax.xml.ws.Endpoint;

public class Main {

      public static void main(String[] args) {

            Endpoint.publish("http://localhost:8181/message", new Message());

      }

}

Run the Main.java as Java Application and in the browser open the url  http://localhost:8181/message?wsdl

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

- <!--

 Published by JAX-WS RI at http://jax-ws.dev.java.net. RI's version is JAX-WS RI 2.1.6 in JDK 6.

 -->

- <!--

 Generated by JAX-WS RI at http://jax-ws.dev.java.net. RI's version is JAX-WS RI 2.1.6 in JDK 6.

 -->

- <definitions xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/" xmlns:tns="http://ws.demo.edu/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" targetNamespace="http://ws.demo.edu/" name="MessageService">

- <types>

- <xsd:schema>

 <xsd:import namespace="http://ws.demo.edu/" schemaLocation="http://localhost:8181/message?xsd=1" />

 </xsd:schema>

 </types>

- <message name="getMessage">

 <part name="parameters" element="tns:getMessage" />

 </message>

- <message name="getMessageResponse">

 <part name="parameters" element="tns:getMessageResponse" />

 </message>

- <portType name="Message">

- <operation name="getMessage">

 <input message="tns:getMessage" />

 <output message="tns:getMessageResponse" />

 </operation>

 </portType>

- <binding name="MessagePortBinding" type="tns:Message">

 <soap:binding transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http" style="document" />

- <operation name="getMessage">

 <soap:operation soapAction="" />

- <input>

 <soap:body use="literal" />

 </input>

- <output>

 <soap:body use="literal" />

 </output>

 </operation>

 </binding>

- <service name="MessageService">

- <port name="MessagePort" binding="tns:MessagePortBinding">

 <soap:address location="http://localhost:8181/message" />

 </port>

 </service>

 </definitions>

  Use the URL in the above wsdl under SchemaLocation http://localhost:8181/message?xsd=1

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

- <!--

 Published by JAX-WS RI at http://jax-ws.dev.java.net. RI's version is JAX-WS RI 2.1.6 in JDK 6.

 -->

- <xs:schema xmlns:tns="http://ws.demo.edu/" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" version="1.0" targetNamespace="http://ws.demo.edu/">

 <xs:element name="getMessage" type="tns:getMessage" />

 <xs:element name="getMessageResponse" type="tns:getMessageResponse" />

- <xs:complexType name="getMessage">

- <xs:sequence>

 <xs:element name="arg0" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />

 </xs:sequence>

 </xs:complexType>

- <xs:complexType name="getMessageResponse">

- <xs:sequence>

 <xs:element name="return" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />

 </xs:sequence>

 </xs:complexType>

 </xs:schema>

Use SoapUI or Webservices Explorer in eclipse, post the Wsdl link and you should be able to use your first webservice