Java Reference
In-Depth Information
Here, you can gather some useful information about the services deployed. In fact,
its most useful option is the list of endpoint contracts available that is needed when
developing our clients. The following screenshot shows a view of the web service
endpoints from the console:
Particularly in the lower part of the screen, you can read the web service endpoint
address that bears the web application context name and the registered name for
the web service. In our case, it is
http://localhost:8080/ticket-agency-
ws/pojoService?wsdl
.
Testing our simple web service
Since our first web service is not yet connected with our Ticketing System, we will
use an external client application to test our web service. One of my favorite tools for
testing web services is
soapUI
.
SoapUI is a free, open source, cross-platform functional testing solution with an
easy-to-use graphical interface and enterprise-class features. This tool allows you
to easily and rapidly create and execute automated, functional, regression, com-
pliance, and load tests. SoapUI is available as an Eclipse plugin at the site,
ht-
Install the plugin by navigating to
Help
|
Install New Software
from the menu. Now
add the previous location and install the plugin as shown in the following screenshot.
Once completed, Eclipse will need restarting.
