Tutorial: SOAP Service Interface

Walks you through the process of defining a SOAP service interface using the Interface Mapping Toolkit (IMTK), deploying it to an enterprise server instance, and generating and running a client to access it.
Restriction: This topic applies only when the Enterprise Server feature is enabled.
Restriction: This topic applies to Windows environments (local development) only.

Prerequisite

Before beginning this tutorial, complete the instructions in Create a Visual Studio Solution .

Overview

In this tutorial, you work through the following tasks:

  • Review the code in the COBOL demonstration application to become familiar with how it works
  • Create a project for the COBOL program service interface
  • Define a Web Services service interface to access the COBOL application
  • Deploy the service interface to the enterprise server
  • Generate and deploy a Web Services client to access the service
  • Run the client, accessing the service

If you are not familiar with the concept and implementation of a service interface, take some time to review the introductory information and other relevant topics for the IMTK before beginning the tutorial.

Complete this tutorial by following the instructions in the following topics in the order listed here. The bottom of each topic provides Next topic and Previous topic navigational links to help you proceed through the tutorial in its proper sequence:

  1. Prerequisite
    Describes the setup required to complete this tutorial.
  2. Demonstration Application
    Describes the Schedule demo application used in this tutorial.
  3. Create a Project
    Walks you through the process of creating a Visual COBOL project for the ScheduleDemo application and its service interface.
  4. Create a Service Interface
    Walks you through the process of creating a SOAP service interface for the ScheduleDemo application.
  5. Define Service Interface Operations
    Walks you through the process of defining service interface details for the ScheduleDemo application.
  6. Create and Configure ESSOAP
    Walks you through the process of creating and configuring an enterprise server instance, ESSOAP, to use in this tutorial.
  7. Deploy a Service Interface
    Walks you through the steps required to associate an enterprise server instance with your project, build the project, set deployment properties, deploy the service interface, and verify the deployment results.
  8. Generate a COBOL Client
    Walks you through the process of generating a COBOL client for the MakeCheckAppt service interface.
  9. Run the MakeCheckAppt Web Service
    Walks you through the process of creating a debug configuration for your new service, and running the client application to access and debug the service.
Parent topic: Tutorials: Interface Mapping Toolkit