Gen Web Service Wizard User Tomcat and Axis install steps

Products

• Gen
• Gen - Workstation Toolset

Issue/Introduction

This article is to help users install Apache Tomcat and Axis which are required for use in the Gen Web Service Wizard feature

Environment

Gen Web service Wizard (plug-in)

Resolution

1. Download Tomcat from http://jakarta.apache.org.
   Select Binaries under the Downloads heading and select the desired version.
   
   
2. Set environment variable CATALINA_HOME to the Tomcat root directory where Tomcat was installed.
   
   
3. Download Axis (1.x) at http://ws.apache.org/axis/.
   
   
4. Unzip the Axis and Copy the axis folder under 'Axis Root Folder\webapps\' directory to the Tomcat\webapps directory.
   
   
5. Create the following Axis environment variables:
   
   AXIS_HOME = Tomcat Root Directory\webapps\axis (or %CATALINA_HOME%\webapps\axis).
   AXIS_LIB = Tomcat Root Directory\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\lib\ (or %AXIS_HOME%\WEB-INF\lib\)
   
   
6. Now follow the steps to add the AXISCLASSPATH which will be using correctly mapped AXIS_LIB environment variable, as Follows (But Please replace with corresponding <Version Numbers> for the JAR files while setting the Path)
   
   AXISCLASSPATH = %AXIS_LIB%axis.jar;%AXIS_LIB%axis-ant.jar;%AXIS_LIB%commons-discovery-<version>.jar;%AXIS_LIB%commons-logging-<version> .jar;%AXIS_LIB%jaxrpc.jar;%AXIS_LIB%log4j- <version> .jar;%AXIS_LIB%saaj.jar;%AXIS_LIB%wsdl4j-<version>.jar
   
   
7. Set the AXISCLASSPATH in CLASSPATH environment variable along with the current folder.
   
   CLASSPATH=.;%AXISCLASSPATH%
8.  Set JAVA_HOME to the JDK home directory and add %JAVA_HOME%\bin to the PATH.

Additional Information

Gen™ 8.6 > Developing > Designing > Using the Web Service Wizard

The details in this article were originally provided in earlier versions of the "Web Service Wizard User Guide" which can be located here: Legacy Bookshelves and PDFs > Bookshelves and PDFs > CA Gen