Consuming the Simple Greeting Service
As you might expect, the client for a Web Service based on an EJB is very similar to one for a Web Service based on a servlet. The client will need to obtain a stub that represents the PortType of the deployed service. This can be generated by running wscompile against the WSDL file retrieved from the deployed Web Service. The wscompile configuration file (client-config.xml) is almost identical except that it points to a different URL:
<wsdl location="http://localhost:8000/jaxrpc/ServiceBean?WSDL" packageName="client"/>
The wscompile command line is identical to the one used for the servlet-based Web Service you saw earlier. After you have generated the stubs and factories, you can use them in your client. ...
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