WSDL Invocation Tools, Part I

Given the WSDL file in Example 6-1, you could manually create a SOAP client to invoke the service. A better alternative is to automatically invoke the service via a WSDL invocation tool. (See Figure 6-4.)

WSDL invocation tools
Figure 6-4. WSDL invocation tools

Many WSDL invocation tools already exist. This section provides a brief overview of three invocation tools.

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