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• From Eclipse main menu, select File ->New->Other-> New --> Other
  
  
• In the New dialog, select Web ->Dynamic -> Dynamic Web Project and click Next
  
  
• Type jaxws-converterclient as the Project Name and click Next
  
  
• On the Project Facets page, the default selections are enough.
  
  
  
  
• Make sure that the check box Generate Deployment Descriptor is selected and click Next
  
  
• On the Geronimo Deployment Page modify the Group Id to org.apache.geronimo.samples.jaxws and the Artifact Id to jaxws-converterclient.
  
  
• Click Finish

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• Open a command prompt and point it to the bin directory of server installation.
  
  
• We will use the jaxws-tools utility provided in the server's bin directory to generate client stubs.
  
  
• Use the following command to generate the necessary stubs that are needed to consume the web service.

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Developing the Web based Client

• Right Click -click the jaxws-converterclient, and Select New ->JSP-> JSP
  
  
• Name the jsp JSP as index.jsp and click Finish
  
  
• Add the following code to the index.jsp

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• Right click again and add another jsp JSP named result.jsp
  
  
• Add the following code to result.jsp

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• Right click the index.jsp present under WebContent directory of our project and select Run As ->Run -> Run On Server
  
  
  
  
• In the popup, check the check box Always use this server when running the project and then click Finish
  
  
• Now Eclipse will try to open the jsp in a web browser which shows you a form to enter amount in Dollars.
  
  
• Enter any amount and press submit, the jsp should display the result that is returned by the web service.
  
  
  
  

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• Create a Java Project
  • Select File ->New->Project -> New --> Project
    
    
  • In the popup window select Java ->Java -> Java Project and then click Next
    
    
  • Name the project as jaxws-converterpojoclient and click Finish in the New Java Project dialog.
    
    
• Copy the files Converter.java and ConverterPortType.java into the appropriate package.
  
  
• Add another class with the name ConverterClient.java in the same package.
  
  
• Add the following code to the ConverterClient.java

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1. Now Right click the ConverterClient.class and select Run As ->Run -> Run as Java Application
   
   
2. Now enter the amount in the console window of Eclipse
   
   
3. The output will be shown which is retrieved by accessing the methods of Web service.
   
   
   
   

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