Quickly implement, deploy a Webservice in Java

I have a large system written in a mixture of C++, Java, Python. I have to interface a very small subset of this system with a web portal using webservice technology. Webservice is not critical and it has to expose 3 or 4 methods.

What is today the quickest way to implement this in Java? I thoughted AXIS+Tomcat. Maybe is there any other newest library?

Pascal Thivent

What is today the quickest way to implement this in Java? I thoughted AXIS+Tomcat. Maybe is there any other newest library?

Yes, there is a much better way. Forget Axis and go for a JAX-WS stack such as JAX-WS RI (which is included in Java 6) or Apache CXF. Here is the usual HelloWorld service with a test method using the built-in HTTP server of the JDK:

package hello;

import javax.jws.WebMethod;
import javax.jws.WebService;
import javax.xml.ws.Endpoint;

@WebService
public class Hello {
    @WebMethod
    public String sayHello(String name) {
        return "Hello, " + name + ".";
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Endpoint.publish("http://localhost:8080/WS/Hello", new Hello());
    }
}

Just run the main method and you're ready to play with the web service.

Of course, you'll want to deploy your web service on a real container for production use. You could go with GlassFish and just deploy your service (GlassFish bundles a JAX-WS runtime). Or you could pick Jetty or Tomcat and install the chosen runtime on it (JAX-WS RI or Apache CXF). Refer to their respective instructions.

Quickly implement, deploy a Webservice in Java

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