PM20338: <service-interface> element not added to <service-ref> if wsdl is in nested folder

Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software, version 7.5.5.2

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Environemnt:
  
  Rational application developer 7.5.5.1
  Portal 6.1
  JAX-RPC WebServices
  Windows
  
  Problem description and statement
  
  When creating a Web Service Reference from a wsdl that is
  located in a nested subfolder in the service provider project,
  the wsdl is not copied into the service client project and the
  ?service-interface? element is not added to ?service-ref? in the
  web.xml file.
  
  Reproduction steps:
  1. Create a new Dynamic Web project 2.5 in EAR 1.4 targeting
  Portal 6.1 Stub (ServiceProvider)
  
  2. Place a WSDL into a subfolder such as:
  
  WEB-INF\wsdl\sub1\sub2\sub3\Hello.wsdl
  
  3. Generate a Top-down Java Bean Skeleton
  
  4. Observe that the wizard has made a copy of the wsdl in
  WEB-INF\wsdl\Hello.wsdl
  
  5. Rename the original wsdl
  
  WEB-INF\wsdl\sub1\sub2\sub3\Hello.wsdl
  
  WEB-INF\wsdl\sub1\sub2\sub3\Hello.wsdl.org
  
  6. Move the copied wsdl back into the nested directory.
  
  WEB-INF\wsdl\Hello.wsdl -?
  WEB-INF\wsdl\sub1\sub2\sub3\Hello.wsdl
  
  7. Change the wsdl reference in webservices.xml so that it
  points at the original wsdl location, with relative path:
  
  
  ?wsdl-file?WEB-INF/wsdl/sub1/sub2/sub3/Hello.wsdl?/wsdl-file?
  
  8. Create a new Dynamic Web project 2.5 in EAR 1.4 targeting
  Portal 6.1 Stub (ServiceClient)
  
  9. Try to add a service reference to Hello:
  
  Results:
  
  in Web.xml the service ref is added assuming that the wsdl has
  been copied to:
  
  WEB-INF/wsdl/Hello.wsdl
  
      ?service-ref?
          ?description??/description?
  
  ?service-ref-name?service/HelloService?/service-ref-name?
          ?wsdl-file?WEB-INF/wsdl/Hello.wsdl?/wsdl-file?
          ?service-qname xmlns:prefix='http://directory1'?
              prefix:HelloService
          ?/service-qname?
      ?/service-ref?
  
  However the wsdl was not copied into the client project and the
  ?service-interface? element is
  not added to the web.xml and the following validation error
  occurs:
  
  
  
  
  The value of the ?service-interface? element is not
  
  specified web.xml ServiceClient/WebContent/WEB-INF Service
  reference:
  service/HelloService Web 2.5 Problem
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  Web Service tooling was returning a wrong value from their
  API in Rational Application Developer.
  

Problem conclusion

• WebService tooling fixed their API. Java EE tooling fixed
  the dd entry created for a wsdl file in Rational Application
  Developer v7.5.5.2.
  

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  SW ARCHITECT WI

• Fixed component ID

  5724I7001

Applicable component levels

• R755 PSN

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