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Groovy SOAP
SOAP is a lightweight protocol intended for exchanging structured information in a decentralized, distributed environment. Groovy has a SOAP implementation based on
Xfire which allows you to create a SOAP server and to make calls on remote SOAP servers.
Installing GroovySOAP
You just need to download this jar file in your ${user.home}/.groovy/lib directory.
The Server
You can develop your web service using a groovy script and/or a groovy class. The following two groovy files are valid for building a web-service.
- MathService.groovy
- You can also using something more Groovy
- Then the easy part ... no need for comments
That's all !
The Client
- Oh ... you want to test it ... two more lines.
- You're done!
Demos with public web services
There exist a lot of web-services available for testing. One which is pretty easy to evaluate is the currency rate calculator from webservicex.net.
Here is a small swing sample that demonstrate the use of the service. Enjoy !
And here is the result:
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