

First we will implement web service part a Calculator will be exposed as a web service. The implementation will consist of two parts. That’s all for configuring Axis 1.4 on your system, quite easy isn’t it? Let’s move on to the implementation part. All of these are available under %Axis_1.4_dir%\lib folder. Now you must add following libraries into your CLASSPATH environment variable.

Extract the downloaded file and you’ll find a folder named “axis” inside webapps folder.Ĭopy this “axis” folder into your web server’s webapps folder. Now your CATALINA_HOME environment variable should point to the Tomcat installation directory.ĭownload Apache Axis 1.4.
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If you are not having one, better download Tomcat here and install it yourself (it is quite easy to install Tomcat). You must have a web server installed and we will be using Tomcat (5.5 version) web server. These examples have been tested on a machine with JDK 1.6 version. (But if you can not solve it yourself do not worry, post the issue under the comments section in this article, and we’ll get back to you). If you find any issues on the configuration part, you can refer to Apache Axis site for troubleshooting. (If Axis already configured, jump to implementation). We will be discussing the configuration in brief as our scope is mainly on web services.

Apache Axis is one of the best free tools available for implementing and deploying web services, and also for implementing the web service clients. Web services are a handy method of integrating independent systems.
