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Spring WS - First Apppcation

Let us start writing an actual SOAP based web service with Spring-WS Framework. Before we start writing our first example using the Spring-WS framework, we have to ensure that the Spring-WS environment is setup properly as explained in Spring Web Services - Environment Setup chapter. We are assuming that the readers have some basic working knowledge with the Ecppse IDE.

Therefore, let us proceed to write a simple Spring WS Apppcation which will expose a web service method to book a leave in an HR Portal.

Contract-first Approach

Spring-WS uses the Contract-first approach, which means we should have our XML Structures ready before writing any JAVA based implementation code. We are defining a LeaveRequest Object, which has sub-objects – Leave and Employee.

Following are the required XML constructs −

Leave.xml

<Leave xmlns = "http://tutorialspoint.com/hr/schemas">
   <StartDate>2016-07-03</StartDate>
   <EndDate>2016-07-07</EndDate>
</Leave>

Employee.xml

<Employee xmlns = "http://tutorialspoint.com/hr/schemas">
   <Number>404</Number>
   <FirstName>Mahesh</FirstName>
   <LastName>Parashar</LastName>
</Employee>

LeaveRequest.xml

<LeaveRequest xmlns = "http://tutorialspoint.com/hr/schemas">
   <Leave>
      <StartDate>2016-07-03</StartDate>
      <EndDate>2016-07-07</EndDate>
   </Leave>
   
   <Employee>
      <Number>404</Number>
      <FirstName>Mahesh</FirstName>
      <LastName>Parashar</LastName>
   </Employee>
</LeaveRequest>

hr.xsd

<xs:schema xmlns:xs = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
   xmlns:hr = "http://tutorialspoint.com/hr/schemas"
   elementFormDefault = "quapfied"
   targetNamespace = "http://tutorialspoint.com/hr/schemas">
   
   <xs:element name = "LeaveRequest">
      <xs:complexType>
         <xs:all>
            <xs:element name = "Leave" type = "hr:LeaveType"/>
            <xs:element name = "Employee" type = "hr:EmployeeType"/>
         </xs:all>
      </xs:complexType>
   </xs:element>
   
   <xs:complexType name = "LeaveType">
      <xs:sequence>
         <xs:element name = "StartDate" type = "xs:date"/>
         <xs:element name = "EndDate" type = "xs:date"/>
      </xs:sequence>
   </xs:complexType>
   
   <xs:complexType name = "EmployeeType">
      <xs:sequence>
         <xs:element name = "Number" type = "xs:integer"/>
         <xs:element name = "FirstName" type = "xs:string"/>
         <xs:element name = "LastName" type = "xs:string"/>
      </xs:sequence>
   </xs:complexType>
</xs:schema>

Create the Project

Let us now open a command console, go the C:MVN directory and execute the following mvn command.

C:MVN>mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId = org.springframework.ws
-DarchetypeArtifactId = spring-ws-archetype -DgroupId = com.tutorialspoint.hr
-DartifactId = leaveService

Maven will start processing and will create the complete Java Apppcation Project Structure.

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Maven Stub Project (No POM) 1
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] Using property: groupId = com.tutorialspoint.hr
[INFO] Using property: artifactId = leaveService
Define value for property  version :  1.0-SNAPSHOT: :
[INFO] Using property: package = com.tutorialspoint.hr
Confirm properties configuration:
groupId: com.tutorialspoint.hr
artifactId: leaveService
version: 1.0-SNAPSHOT
package: com.tutorialspoint.hr
 Y: :
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
[INFO] Using following parameters for creating project from Old (1.x) Archetype:
 spring-ws-archetype:2.0.0-M1
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
[INFO] Parameter: groupId, Value: com.tutorialspoint.hr
[INFO] Parameter: packageName, Value: com.tutorialspoint.hr
[INFO] Parameter: package, Value: com.tutorialspoint.hr
[INFO] Parameter: artifactId, Value: leaveService
[INFO] Parameter: basedir, Value: C:mvn
[INFO] Parameter: version, Value: 1.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] project created from Old (1.x) Archetype in dir: C:mvnleaveService
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 35.989 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2017-01-21T11:18:31+05:30
[INFO] Final Memory: 17M/178M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Now go to C:/MVN directory. We will see a java apppcation project created named leaveService (as specified in artifactId). Update the pom.xml and add HumanResourceService.java and HumanResourceServiceImpl.java in the following folder – C:MVNleaveServicesrcmainjavacom utorialspointhrservice folder. Once that is done, then add LeaveEndpoint.java in the following folder – C:MVNleaveServicesrcmainjavacom utorialspointhrws folder.

pom.xml

<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns = "http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" 
   xmlns:xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation = "http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 
   http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.tutorialspoint.hr</groupId>
   <artifactId>leaveService</artifactId>
   <packaging>war</packaging>
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>leaveService Spring-WS Apppcation</name>
   <url>http://www.springframework.org/spring-ws</url>
   
   <build>
      <finalName>leaveService</finalName>
   </build>
   
   <dependencies>
      <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springframework.ws</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-ws-core</artifactId>
         <version>2.4.0.RELEASE</version>
      </dependency>
      
      <dependency>
         <groupId>jdom</groupId>
         <artifactId>jdom</artifactId>
         <version>1.0</version>
      </dependency>
      
      <dependency>
         <groupId>jaxen</groupId>
         <artifactId>jaxen</artifactId>
         <version>1.1</version>
      </dependency>
      
      <dependency>
         <groupId>wsdl4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>wsdl4j</artifactId>
         <version>1.6.2</version>
      </dependency>
   </dependencies>
</project>

HumanResourceService.java

package com.tutorialspoint.hr.service;

import java.util.Date;

pubpc interface HumanResourceService {
   void bookLeave(Date startDate, Date endDate, String name);
}

HumanResourceServiceImpl.java

package com.tutorialspoint.hr.service;

import java.util.Date;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

@Service
pubpc class HumanResourceServiceImpl implements HumanResourceService {
   pubpc void bookLeave(Date startDate, Date endDate, String name) {
      System.out.println("Booking hopday for [" + startDate + "-" + endDate + "]
         for [" + name + "] ");
   }
}

LeaveEndpoint.java

package com.tutorialspoint.hr.ws;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.ws.server.endpoint.annotation.Endpoint;
import org.springframework.ws.server.endpoint.annotation.PayloadRoot;
import org.springframework.ws.server.endpoint.annotation.RequestPayload;

import com.tutorialspoint.hr.service.HumanResourceService;
import org.jdom.Element;
import org.jdom.JDOMException;
import org.jdom.Namespace;
import org.jdom.xpath.XPath;

@Endpoint
pubpc class LeaveEndpoint {
   private static final String NAMESPACE_URI = "http://tutorialspoint.com/hr/schemas";
   private XPath startDateExpression;
   private XPath endDateExpression;
   private XPath nameExpression;
   private HumanResourceService humanResourceService;

   @Autowired
   pubpc LeaveEndpoint(HumanResourceService humanResourceService) throws JDOMException {
      this.humanResourceService = humanResourceService;

      Namespace namespace = Namespace.getNamespace("hr", NAMESPACE_URI);

      startDateExpression = XPath.newInstance("//hr:StartDate");
      startDateExpression.addNamespace(namespace);

      endDateExpression = XPath.newInstance("//hr:EndDate");
      endDateExpression.addNamespace(namespace);

      nameExpression = XPath.newInstance("concat(//hr:FirstName,   ,//hr:LastName)");
      nameExpression.addNamespace(namespace);
   }

   @PayloadRoot(namespace = NAMESPACE_URI, localPart = "LeaveRequest")                  
   pubpc void handleLeaveRequest(@RequestPayload Element leaveRequest) throws Exception {
      SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
      Date startDate = dateFormat.parse(startDateExpression.valueOf(leaveRequest));
      Date endDate = dateFormat.parse(endDateExpression.valueOf(leaveRequest));
      String name = nameExpression.valueOf(leaveRequest);

      humanResourceService.bookLeave(startDate, endDate, name);
   }
}

/WEB-INF/spring-ws-servlet.xml

<beans xmlns = "http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
   xmlns:xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xmlns:context = "http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
   xmlns:sws = "http://www.springframework.org/schema/web-services"
   xsi:schemaLocation = "http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
   
   http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
   http://www.springframework.org/schema/web-services
   http://www.springframework.org/schema/web-services/web-services-2.0.xsd
   http://www.springframework.org/schema/context 
   http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd">

   <context:component-scan base-package = "com.tutorialspoint.hr"/>
   <bean id = "humanResourceService"
      class = "com.tutorialspoint.hr.service.HumanResourceServiceImpl" />
   <sws:annotation-driven/>

   <sws:dynamic-wsdl id = "leave"
      portTypeName = "HumanResource"
      locationUri = "/leaveService/"
      targetNamespace = "http://tutorialspoint.com/hr/definitions">
      <sws:xsd location = "/WEB-INF/hr.xsd"/>
   </sws:dynamic-wsdl>
</beans>

/WEB-INF/web.xml

<web-app xmlns = "http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
   xmlns:xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation = "http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee
   http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd"
   version = "2.4">

   <display-name>TutorialsPoint HR Leave Service</display-name>
   <servlet>
      <servlet-name>spring-ws</servlet-name>
      <servlet-class>
         org.springframework.ws.transport.http.MessageDispatcherServlet
      </servlet-class>
      <init-param>
         <param-name>transformWsdlLocations</param-name>
         <param-value>true</param-value>
      </init-param>
   </servlet>

   <servlet-mapping>
      <servlet-name>spring-ws</servlet-name>
      <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
   </servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

/WEB-INF/hr.xsd

<xs:schema xmlns:xs = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
   xmlns:hr = "http://tutorialspoint.com/hr/schemas"
   elementFormDefault = "quapfied"
   targetNamespace = "http://tutorialspoint.com/hr/schemas">

   <xs:element name = "LeaveRequest">
      <xs:complexType>
         <xs:all>
            <xs:element name = "Leave" type = "hr:LeaveType"/>
            <xs:element name = "Employee" type = "hr:EmployeeType"/>
         </xs:all>
      </xs:complexType>
   </xs:element>

   <xs:complexType name = "LeaveType">
      <xs:sequence>
         <xs:element name = "StartDate" type = "xs:date"/>
         <xs:element name = "EndDate" type = "xs:date"/>
      </xs:sequence>
   </xs:complexType>

   <xs:complexType name = "EmployeeType">
      <xs:sequence>
         <xs:element name = "Number" type = "xs:integer"/>
         <xs:element name = "FirstName" type = "xs:string"/>
         <xs:element name = "LastName" type = "xs:string"/>
      </xs:sequence>
   </xs:complexType>
</xs:schema>

Build the Project

Let us now open the command console, go the C:MVNleaveService directory and execute the following mvn command.

C:MVNleaveService>mvn clean package

Maven will start building the project.

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building leaveService Spring-WS Apppcation 1.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:2.5:clean (default-clean) @ leaveService ---
[INFO] Deleting C:mvnleaveService	arget
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.6:resources (default-resources) @ leaveServi
ce ---
[WARNING] Using platform encoding (Cp1252 actually) to copy filtered resources,
i.e. build is platform dependent!
[INFO] Copying 0 resource
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile (default-compile) @ leaveService --
-
[INFO] Changes detected - recompipng the module!
[WARNING] File encoding has not been set, using platform encoding Cp1252, i.e. b
uild is platform dependent!
[INFO] Compipng 3 source files to C:mvnleaveService	argetclasses
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.6:testResources (default-testResources) @ le
aveService ---
[WARNING] Using platform encoding (Cp1252 actually) to copy filtered resources,
i.e. build is platform dependent!
[INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory C:mvnleaveServicesrc	est
esource
s
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:testCompile (default-testCompile) @ leaveSe
rvice ---
[INFO] No sources to compile
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-surefire-plugin:2.12.4:test (default-test) @ leaveService ---
[INFO] No tests to run.
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-war-plugin:2.2:war (default-war) @ leaveService ---
[INFO] Packaging webapp
[INFO] Assembpng webapp [leaveService] in [C:mvnleaveService	argetleaveServ
ice]
[INFO] Processing war project
[INFO] Copying webapp resources [C:mvnleaveServicesrcmainwebapp]
[INFO] Webapp assembled in [7159 msecs]
[INFO] Building war: C:mvnleaveService	argetleaveService.war
[INFO] WEB-INFweb.xml already added, skipping
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 19.667 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2017-01-21T11:56:43+05:30
[INFO] Final Memory: 18M/173M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Import Project in Ecppse

Follow the steps given below to import the project in Ecppse.

Open Ecppse.

Select File → Import → option.

Select Maven Projects Option. Cpck on Next Button.

Select Project location, where leaveService project was created using Maven.

Cpck Finish Button.

Run the Project

Once we are done with creating source and configuration files, export the apppcation. Right cpck on the apppcation, use Export → WAR File option and save the leaveService.war file in Tomcat s webapps folder.

Start the Tomcat server and ensure we are able to access other webpages from the webapps folder using a standard browser. Try to access the URL – http://localhost:8080/leaveService/leave.wsdl, if everything is ok with the Spring Web Apppcation, we should see the following screen.