org.imixs.workflow.webservices.soap
Class ServiceClient

java.lang.Object
  org.imixs.workflow.webservices.soap.ServiceClient

public class ServiceClient
extends Object

The ServiceClient is a WebService Client which encapsulate the SOAP communication with a web serice endpoint. This Class is build on the Apache Axiom and a simple URL Connection Class. The ServiceClient supports methods for easy establishing a webservice communication. You can call a webservice method by using the callSOAPAction method. The method expects the soap action represended by a String object and a OMElement with the parameters for the web service method call. The OMElement can be build on the Axiom framework or easyly by usning the helper class DataObjectUtil. After a SOAPMethod call the serviceClient returns also a OMElement with the soap response represendet again by a OMElement which contains only the method response object. To receife the hohle soap response use the getSOAPResponse method.

Author:

Ralph Soika

See Also:

org.imixs.workflow.service.client.axiom.DataObjectUtil

Field Summary

static int	SOAP11
static int	SOAP12

Constructor Summary

ServiceClient(String aServiceEndpoint)

Method Summary

Object	callSOAPAction(QName soapAction, Object requestEntity) This method calls a soap methode with the requestEntity Object in the SOAP Body.
int	getLastHTTPResult()
Object	getLastSOAPResponse()
void	setCredentials(String auser, String apw)
void	setEncoding(String aEncoding)
void	setSoapType(int i)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

SOAP11

public static final int SOAP11

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Constant Field Values

SOAP12

public static final int SOAP12

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ServiceClient

public ServiceClient(String aServiceEndpoint)

Method Detail

setCredentials

public void setCredentials(String auser,
                           String apw)

setSoapType

public void setSoapType(int i)

setEncoding

public void setEncoding(String aEncoding)

callSOAPAction

public Object callSOAPAction(QName soapAction,
                             Object requestEntity)
                      throws Exception

This method calls a soap methode with the requestEntity Object in the SOAP Body. The requestEntity must be a valid OMElement. To generate this element you can use the helper class DataObjectUtil The method returns the body OMElement from the SOAP request if the SOAP envelope is valid The method makes use urlConnection instat of the org.apache.commons.httpclient Framework.

Parameters:

soapAction -

requestEntity -

Returns:

Throws:

Exception

See Also:

org.imixs.workflow.service.client.axiom.DataObjectUtil

getLastHTTPResult

public int getLastHTTPResult()

getLastSOAPResponse

public Object getLastSOAPResponse()