How can we call a web service in java application?

Question

I want to call a web service in my java application. How do I achieve this? I'm new to web services.

Which WS library are you planning to use? Apache CXF, Axis, JaxWS... — Romain Linsolas
– Romain Linsolas, Commented Sep 9, 2010 at 6:55
A Google search for your exact title but with "servide" corrected to "service" found lots of useful tutorials etc. Which of these did you try, and what problems did you have with them? — Jon Skeet
– Jon Skeet, Commented Sep 9, 2010 at 7:00
Look at my brief answer here (stackoverflow.com/questions/3666574/…). It's basically an overview of generating a java proxy from a web service definition in java. — Buhake Sindi
– Buhake Sindi, Commented Sep 9, 2010 at 10:03

Bozho · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-09 07:45:17Z

The basic steps are:

This article shows how to do it step by step using NetBean's wizards

The tutorial is from 2005. Would a newer version reflect the annotation approach in Java 6?

Shervin Asgari · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-09 06:55:52Z

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Just use Google and search for Webservice and Java.

Here is a tutorial

answered Sep 9, 2010 at 6:55

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James Anderson · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-09 06:59:03Z

Go to the Apache foundation web site and search for the "AXIS SOAP client"!

This is well documented and the client side consists of a single JAR file.

Also I would thourogly recommend SOAPUI for generating and reading test messages.