Generating a WSDL-first web service using SoapUI tool integration
This recipe shows how to configure SoapUI (Apache CXF) tool integration to generate a runnable Java web service with an empty implementation using its WSDL. This could be useful if you need a quick menu-driven way to create a SOAP web service that can be implemented and deployed separately to SoapUI.
Getting ready
The WSDL that we are going to use defines a simple invoice service. It has only one operation to retrieve a basic invoice document using its invoice number:
- Operation:
getInvoice - Request:
invoiceNo : string - Response:
InvoiceDocument (invoiceNo : string, company : string, amount : string) - Location:
http://localhost:9001/ws/invoice/v1
The WSDL can be found at soap/invoicev1/wsdl/invoice_v1.wsdl ...
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