Take a look at the Axis installation instructions at
http://ws.apache.org/axis/java/install.html. Among the things there:
"You should also have an application server or servlet engine and be familiar with
operating and deploying to it" (that would be OAS9i)
"servlet engines are supported, provided they implement version 2.2 or greater of
the servlet API"
(I assume OAS9i supports 2.2 or 2.3)
"Axis client and server requires Java 1.3 or later" (JDeveloper will install a
JDK, hopefully this recent)
And finally
>>>>
A lot of problems with Axis are encountered by people who are new to Java, server-side
Java and SOAP. While you can learn about SOAP as you go along, writing Axis clients
and servers is not the right time to be learning foundational Java concepts, such as
what an array is, or basic application server concepts such as how servlets work, and
the basics of the HTTP protocol.
Things you need to know before writing a Web Service:
Core Java datatypes, classes and programming concepts.
What threads are, race conditions, thread safety and sychronization.
What a classloader is, what hierarchical classloaders are, and the common causes of a
"ClassNotFoundException".
How to diagnose trouble from exception traces, what a NullPointerException (NPE) and
other common exceptions are, and how to fix them.
What a web application is; what a servlet is, where classes, libraries and data go in
a web application.
How to start your application server and deploy a web application on it.
What a network is, the core concepts of the IP protocol suite and the sockets API.
Specifically, what is TCP/IP.
What HTTP is. The core protocol and error codes, HTTP headers and perhaps the details
of basic authentication.
What XML is. Not necessarily how to parse it or anything, just what constitutes
well-formed and valid XML.
Axis and SOAP depends on all these details. If you don't know them, Axis (or anyone
else's Web Service middleware) is a dangerous place to learn. Sooner or later you will
be forced to discover these details, and there are easier places to learn than Axis.
If you are completely new to Java, we recommend you start off with things like the
Java Tutorials on Sun's web site, and perhaps a classic book like Thinking in Java,
until you have enough of a foundation to be able to work with Axis. It is also useful
to have written a simple web application, as this will give you some knowledge of how
HTTP works, and how Java application servers integrate with HTTP.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Secka-Jallow, Dibor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 4:14 PM
Subject: RE: Problem in knowing which directory to compile and set classpath
Would the Apache Axis work with Oracle9iAS using Jdeveloper
Dibor Secka-Jallow
Web Developer
Atlanta Housing Authority
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-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Nichol [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 3:52 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Problem in knowing which directory to compile and set
classpath
Given the errors you are receiving, it appears your environment is not
properly configured to use the command-line compiler, nor to run Tomcat,
for that matter. Since you do not normally compile from the command
line, I would recommend you not try now and use JDeveloper (which I
assume you use regularly).
As for Tomcat, if you have 9iAS, why do you want to use Tomcat?
Scott Nichol
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----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 3:40 PM
Subject: RE: Problem in knowing which directory to compile and set
classpath
I was compiling the code using the command line under where I installed
tomcat? Is that right?? Am I suppose to compile it in the Jdeveloper
IDE.
What should I do?
Dibor Secka-Jallow
Web Developer
Atlanta Housing Authority
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-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Nichol [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 2:47 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Problem in knowing which directory to compile and set
classpath
How are you trying to compile? Are you trying to run javac from the
command line, or are you using the JDeveloper IDE? Since you have
installed JDeveloper, I would think you would want to use that. You
will have to add the Axis jars to the classpath JDeveloper uses for
compiling.
Scott Nichol
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Secka-Jallow, Dibor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 2:21 PM
Subject: Problem in knowing which directory to compile and set classpath
I have downloaded Apache Axis, Tomcat and Xerces. I have problems in
where to compile the file My Client is called ReceiveweeklyClient. When
I try to compile the client in this directory
C:\Jakarta\jakarta\webapps. I am getting this message :Could not find
java.dll Could not find java 2 runtime environment
When I try to start startup.bat it is telling me that the java
environment is not setup? What am I doing wrong? I have the
following installed Jdeveloper , oracle 9ias and the Apache Axis, Tomcat
and Xerces.
Please help. --What do I need to do?
I have created the web service and followed Apache directions, but when
I tried to test the service. I started having the above error messages.
Thanks
Dibor Secka-Jallow
Web Developer
Atlanta Housing Authority
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