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Hi!<br />
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I've used the wsimport tool from JAX-WS to create a Java WebService client from a published WebService.<br />
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What I understood was:<br />
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The tool gets the WSDL file from WebService and generates all the classes that we need to call the WebService.<br />
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wsimport creates two classes for each method that we have in WebService - one to request and another to response - and also creates some others classes...<br />
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It's a little confusing to me.<br />
<br />
Can somebody explain me all this process? I mean, how these classes works and what are their roles in WebService comunication.<br />
<br />
Thanks in advance!
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Hi!

I've used the wsimport tool from JAX-WS to create a Java WebService client from a published WebService.

What I understood was:

The tool gets the WSDL file from WebService and generates all the classes that we need to call the WebService.

wsimport creates two classes for each method that we have in WebService - one to request and another to response - and also creates some others classes...

It's a little confusing to me.

Can somebody explain me all this process? I mean, how these classes works and what are their roles in WebService comunication.

Thanks in advance!

How JAX-WS works?

Java is a platform-independent, object-oriented programming language and run-time environment, designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible such that developers can write one set of code across all platforms using libraries. Most devices will not run Java natively, and require a run-time component to be installed in order to execute a Java program.

Java

A Web service is a method of communication between two electronic devices over a network. It is a software function provided at a network address over the Web with the service always on as in the concept of utility computing. A web service has an interface described in Web Services Description Language (WSDL). Other systems interact with the Web service in a manner prescribed by its description using SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) messages. There are two major classes of Web services: REST-compliant web services, and Arbitrary web services.