Webservice testing tools

Webservice-Testing-Notes

Option 1
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1) Download the WSDL file.
2) Create a new Dynamic Web project in eclipse
3) Right click on WSDL file and choose Webservices --> Test With Web Services Explorer

Option 2
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1) Download SOAPUI - http://sourceforge.net/projects/soapui/?source=pdlp
2) Create a project using the WSDL url
3) Tes each operation

Option 3
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1) Test the webservice using curl. An example is in another gist

Option 4
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1) Writing a custom SOAP client for the webservice.

Other Options include ...
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using eclipse wizard to generate stub code and writing a program to invoke stub code.

References:
* http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/x-soapcl/listing1.html
* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15940234/how-to-do-a-soap-web-service-call-from-java-class
* http://blog.hexican.com/2010/12/sending-soap-messages-through-https-using-saaj/
* http://sourceforge.net/projects/soapui/?source=pdlp
* http://www.mkyong.com/java/java-https-client-httpsurlconnection-example/
* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12222607/how-to-do-a-soap-wsdl-web-services-call-from-the-command-line
* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18403187/how-does-eclipse-web-service-explorer-work