Chapter 6 Using the wstool Command Line Tool

wstool for WSDL generation command

This section contains information on the wstool command for generating a WSDL document. The command syntax, a list of options, and three examples of its usage are shown in this section.

Syntax

gen_wsdl
[options] -tns targetNamespace -soapaddr soap address [entity type:entity name...]

Options

The following table lists command options, descriptions, defaults, and whether or not the option is required.

Table 6-1: Options for wstool WSDL generation command
Option	Description	Default	Required
-tns	The target namespace of the Definitions elements.	--	Yes
-soapaddr	The location attribute of the SOAP address.	--	Yes
entity type:entity name	One or more pairs of a valid EAServer entity type and name.	-- Package, Component and Method are the valid entity types.	Yes, unless -entityFile is used. This must be the last entry on the command line.
-entityFile filename	Contains the EAServer entity type:entity name pairs.	--	No, unless entity type:entity name is not used.
-append	Appends new service description to the existing WSDL document.	--	No
-defName name	The Definitions' name.	WebServices	No
-eType extension type	The Extensibility element type.	soap No other types supported	No.
-help -?	Either option prints help text and then exits.	--	No
-version	Prints the version of the gen_wsdl command tool and then exits.	--	No
-d	Writes debug statements to the Jaguar.log file in the EAServer bin directory.	No logging.	No
-t	Writes trace statements to the Jaguar.log file in the EAServer bin directory.	No tracing.	No

Examples

To create a WSDL document from command-line entities:

wstool gen_wsdl-defName  MyWebServices -tns http://servername/serverlocation  -soapaddr http://servername/WEBSERVICES/SOAP  Package:JaguarPackageNameA Component:JaguarPackageNameB/JaguarComponentNameB Method:JaguarPackageNameC/JaguarComponentNameC/JaguarMethodNameC

To create a WSDL document from an entities file:

wstool gen_wsdl -defName  MyDefinition -tns http://servername/serverlocation-soapaddr  http://servername/WEBSERVICES/SOAP  -entityFile entities.txt

To append a new service description to an existing WSDL file:

wstool gen_wsdl -defName  MyWebServices -append -tns http://servername/serverlocation  -soapaddr http://servername/WEBSERVICES/SOAP Package:JaguarPackageNameD