Another Web Services Implementation: Axis

We want to see what goes through the wire. We want to see what PowerBuilder 9 is going to send to our Web Service and what comes back—and if something does not work, we want to see the complete SOAP response. To do this, we use a tool developed by the Apache Software Foundation, tcpmon. It comes with Axis, another Web Service implementation. tcpmon is a great way to see what's going on with SOAP messages. You'll find a complete version of Axis on the accompanying CD, also with step-by-step instructions on how to use it.

The included tcpmon utility can be found in the org.apache.axis.utils package. To run it from the command line, type this:

						javaw org.apache.axis.utils.tcpmon 8090 localhost 8080
					

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