Question

I know how to create a REST based web service with automatic deserialization of the data to objects, using CXF. But how do I create a SOAP based web service using CXF? I need a similar deserialization of the SOAP call data to java objects.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

I found the solution, and here is how it goes…

POM.xml

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
  <artifactId>cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws</artifactId>
  <version>${cxf.version}</version>
  <exclusions>
        <exclusion>
              <groupId>wsdl4j</groupId>
              <artifactId>wsdl4j</artifactId>
        </exclusion>
        <exclusion>
              <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
              <artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
        </exclusion>
        <exclusion>
              <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
              <artifactId>geronimo-servlet_2.5_spec</artifactId>
        </exclusion>
  </exclusions>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <artifactId>cxf-rt-transports-http</artifactId>
  <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
  <version>${cxf.version}</version>
</dependency>

Beans.xml

<!-- xmlns:jaxws="http://cxf.apache.org/jaxws" http://cxf.apache.org/jaxws http://cxf.apache.org/schemas/jaxws.xsd -->

<jaxws:endpoint address="/mysws"
    implementor="com.company.project.MySoapService"
    id="mySoapService" />

Java

@WebService
public interface IMySoapService {
      MySoapResponse someOperation(MySoapRequest requestObj);
}

@WebService(endpointInterface = "com.company.project.IMySoapService")
public class MySoapService implements IMySoapService {
      public MySoapResponse someOperation(MySoapRequest requestObj) {
        MySoapResponse myResponse = null;

        try {
            myResponse = new MySoapResponse("12345", "6789");
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            myResponse = new MySoapResponse(false, 234, "", "");
            myResponse.setErrorMessage(ex.getMessage());
        }   

        return myResponse;
    }
}

Hope that helps the needy!