16.4. JAX-WS Web Service Endpoints


16.4.1. About JAX-WS Web Service Endpoints

This topic is an overview of JAX-WS web service endpoints and accompanying concepts. A JAX-WS Web Service endpoint is the server component of a Web Service. Clients and other Web Services communicate it over the HTTP protocol using an XML language called Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). The endpoint itself is deployed into the JBoss EAP 6 container.
WSDL descriptors can be created in one of two ways:
  1. You can write WSDL descriptors manually.
  2. You can use JAX-WS annotations that create the WSDL descriptors automatically for you. This is the most common method for creating WSDL descriptors.
An endpoint implementation bean is annotated with JAX-WS annotations and deployed to the server. The server automatically generates and publishes the abstract contract in WSDL format for client consumption. All marshalling and unmarshalling is delegated to the Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) service.
The endpoint itself may be a POJO (Plain Old Java Object) or a Java EE Web Application. You can also expose endpoints using an EJB3 stateless session bean. It is packaged into a Web Archive (WAR) file. The specification for packaging the endpoint, called a Java Service Endpoint (JSE) is defined in JSR-181, which can be found at http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/mrel/jsr181/index2.html.
Development Requirements

A Web Service must fulfill the requirements of the JAX-WS API and the Web Services metadata specification at http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/summary?id=181. A valid implementation meets the following requirements:

  • It contains a javax.jws.WebService annotation.
  • All method parameters and return types are compatible with the JAXB 2.0 specification, JSR-222. Refer to http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/summary?id=222 for more information.

Example 16.10. Example POJO Endpoint

@WebService
@SOAPBinding(style = SOAPBinding.Style.RPC)
public class JSEBean01
{
   @WebMethod
   public String echo(String input)
   {
      ...
   }
}

Example 16.11. Example Web Services Endpoint

<web-app ...>
  <servlet>
    <servlet-name>TestService</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>org.jboss.test.ws.jaxws.samples.jsr181pojo.JSEBean01</servlet-class>
  </servlet>
  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>TestService</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
</web-app>


Example 16.12. Exposing an Endpoint in an EJB

This EJB3 stateless session bean exposes the same method on the remote interface and as an endpoint operation.
@Stateless
@Remote(EJB3RemoteInterface.class)
@RemoteBinding(jndiBinding = "/ejb3/EJB3EndpointInterface")

@WebService
@SOAPBinding(style = SOAPBinding.Style.RPC)
public class EJB3Bean01 implements EJB3RemoteInterface
{
   @WebMethod
   public String echo(String input)
   {
      ...
   }
}

Endpoint Providers

JAX-WS services typically implement a Java service endpoint interface (SEI), which may be mapped from a WSDL port type, either directly or using annotations. This SEI provides a high-level abstraction which hides the details between Java objects and their XML representations. However, in some cases, services need the ability to operate at the XML message level. The endpoint Provider interface provides this functionality to Web Services which implement it.

Consuming and Accessing the Endpoint

After you deploy your Web Service, you can consume the WSDL to create the component stubs which will be the basis for your application. Your application can then access the endpoint to do its work.

Working Examples

The JBoss EAP Quickstarts include several fully-functioning JAX-WS Web Service applications. These examples include:

  • wsat-simple
  • wsba-coordinator-completion-simple
  • wsba-participant-completion-simple

16.4.2. Write and Deploy a JAX-WS Web Service Endpoint

Introduction

This topic discusses the development of a simple JAX-WS service endpoint, which is the server-side component, which responds to requests from JAX-WS clients and publishes the WSDL definition for itself. For more in-depth information about JAX-WS service endpoints, refer to Section 16.6.2, “JAX-WS Common API Reference” and the API documentation bundle in Javadoc format, distributed with JBoss EAP 6.

Development Requirements

A Web Service must fulfill the requirements of the JAXWS API and the Web Services meta data specification at http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/summary?id=181. A valid implementation meets the following requirements:

  • It contains a javax.jws.WebService annotation.
  • All method parameters and return types are compatible with the JAXB 2.0 specification, JSR-222. Refer to http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/summary?id=222 for more information.

Example 16.13. Example Service Implementation


package org.jboss.test.ws.jaxws.samples.retail.profile;
 
import javax.ejb.Stateless;
import javax.jws.WebService;
import javax.jws.WebMethod;
import javax.jws.soap.SOAPBinding;
 
@Stateless                                                             
@WebService(                                                           
   name="ProfileMgmt",
   targetNamespace = "http://org.jboss.ws/samples/retail/profile",
   serviceName = "ProfileMgmtService")
@SOAPBinding(parameterStyle = SOAPBinding.ParameterStyle.BARE)         
public class ProfileMgmtBean {
 
   @WebMethod                                                          
   public DiscountResponse getCustomerDiscount(DiscountRequest request) {
      return new DiscountResponse(request.getCustomer(), 10.00);
   }
}

Example 16.14. Example XML Payload

The following is an example of the DiscountRequest class which is used by the ProfileMgmtBean bean in the previous example. The annotations are included for verbosity. Typically, the JAXB defaults are reasonable and do not need to be specified.

package org.jboss.test.ws.jaxws.samples.retail.profile;
 
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
 
import org.jboss.test.ws.jaxws.samples.retail.Customer;
 
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlType(
  name = "discountRequest",
  namespace="http://org.jboss.ws/samples/retail/profile",
  propOrder = { "customer" }
)
public class DiscountRequest {
 
   protected Customer customer;
 
   public DiscountRequest() {
   }
 
   public DiscountRequest(Customer customer) {
      this.customer = customer;
   }
 
   public Customer getCustomer() {
      return customer;
   }
 
   public void setCustomer(Customer value) {
      this.customer = value;
   }
 
}
More complex mappings are possible. Refer to the JAXB API specification at https://jaxb.java.net/ for more information.
Package Your Deployment

The implementation class is wrapped in a JAR deployment. Any metadata required for deployment is taken from the annotations on the implementation class and the service endpoint interface. Deploy the JAR using the Management CLI or the Management Interface, and the HTTP endpoint is created automatically.

The following listing shows an example of the correct structure for JAR deployment of an EJB Web Service.

Example 16.15. Example JAR Structure for a Web Service Deployment

[user@host ~]$ jar -tf jaxws-samples-retail.jar
org/jboss/test/ws/jaxws/samples/retail/profile/DiscountRequest.class
org/jboss/test/ws/jaxws/samples/retail/profile/DiscountResponse.class
org/jboss/test/ws/jaxws/samples/retail/profile/ObjectFactory.class
org/jboss/test/ws/jaxws/samples/retail/profile/ProfileMgmt.class
org/jboss/test/ws/jaxws/samples/retail/profile/ProfileMgmtBean.class
org/jboss/test/ws/jaxws/samples/retail/profile/ProfileMgmtService.class
org/jboss/test/ws/jaxws/samples/retail/profile/package-info.class
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