Create SOAP Web Service with Application Module quickly in ADF 12.2.1

SOAP stands for Simple Object Access Protocol, a protocol to exchange information in XML format between two applications over HTTP. This protocol is used to create ,access and consume web services.

SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) focuses on re-usability and exposing application module as web service makes it's methods and objects accessible from any device , any platform and these methods and objects can be further used by any other application

In ADF 12.2.1 we can create a SOAP web service within seconds , See how to configure Application Module to expose it's methods and objects to service interface

• Created a Fusion Web Application using Departments and Employees table of HR Schema





• Open Application Module and Web Service tab, there is a separate tab for SOAP , click on green plus icon






• In Step 1 we can set Web Service Name and Target Namespace, Also enable option to generate asynchronous methods, by default it supports synchronous service methods .
  Read in detail check this - Creating SOAP Web Services with Application Modules





• In Step 2 we can expose some built in methods and in Step 3 if we have any custom methods defined in Application Module then we can expose these methods to service interface.
  Here i have created a simple method in AMImpl to get department name from it's id and exposed this method in service






    /**Method to get Department Name from Department Id
     * @param deptId
     * @return
     */
    public String getDeptName(Integer deptId) {
        String deptName = "Department not found";
        ViewObject deptVo = this.getDepartments1();
        Row[] filteredRows = deptVo.getFilteredRows("DepartmentId", deptId);
        if (filteredRows.length > 0) {
            deptName = filteredRows[0].getAttribute("DepartmentName").toString();
        }
        return deptName;
    }







• In Step 4 select viewObject that we want to expose and their methods , i have selected both Departments and Employees viewObject and enabled operation for both
  For Departments ViewObject -



 For Employee ViewObject-





• Click on Finish to create service interface and all required files 





• Now to run and check web service , Expand Application Module root and there is a  service implementation java class SoapWebServServiceImpl.java  , Right click on this and choose Run





• On running you'll see an URL in weblogic log tab, click on that url it will open HTTP Analyzer tool and there you'll see list of all operation , here i have selected GetByKey operation of Departments viewObject



          Here i passed depatmentId as key parameter and you can see web service response



• Again i selected create operation for Departments viewObject and provided all parameters and click Send Request button




                  and result in database table





• This time i am checking custom method defined in application module to get Department Name

All Done :) Sample ADF Application-Download

Cheers :) Happy Learning