Visual Web JSF Web Service Tasks in Visual Web JSF Applications: Quick Reference

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This topic describes common tasks that you can perform with web services in projects with Visual Web JSF support. For more detailed information, click the links in the right column.

To perform this task... Follow these steps
Add a web service to a group
  1. Right-click the group node and choose Add Web Service.
  2. Follow the procedure for adding a web service.
Add a web service to a Visual Web JSF page
  1. In the , expand the Web Services node.
  2. If necessary, expand the node for the web service group.
  3. Drag the web service into the page, or right-click the web service node and choose Add to Page.
Add a web service to the IDE from a local file
  1. In the Services window, right-click the Web Services node or the group node and choose Add Web Service.
  2. In the Add Web Service dialog box, select Local file and click Browse.
  3. In the Open dialog box, browse to the WSDL file, select the file, and click Open.
  4. In the Add Web Service dialog box, click Add.
Add a web service to the IDE from a URL
  1. In the Services window, right-click the Web Services node or the group node and choose Add Web Service.
  2. In the Add Web Service dialog box, select URL.
  3. If you are behind a firewall, set your HTTP proxy.
  4. In the Add Web Service dialog box, type the URL.
  5. Click Add.
Bind a web service to a component
Create a group of web services
  1. In the Services window, right-click the Web Services node and choose Create Group.
  2. Right-click the node that appears and choose Rename.
  3. In the Rename dialog box, type the new name and click OK.
Delete a web service from a Visual Web JSF page
  • In the Navigator window, right-click the web service and choose Delete.
Delete a web service from the IDE
Identify and call methods of web services
  1. If the web service is not part of the IDE, add the web service to the IDE.
  2. If the web service has not been added to the page, add the web service to the page.
  3. In the Services window, expand the web-service-name node and port to view a list of available methods.
  4. If desired, select a method to see its properties in the Properties window.
  5. Call the methods in your Java code.
View the WSDL file for a web service
  1. In the Services window, expand the Web Services node.
  2. If necessary, expand the node for the web service group.
  3. Right-click a web service and choose View WSDL.

See Also
About Web Services
Working With Web Services

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