Invoking a Web Service from an i5

Hi All:

 

Has anyone tried ever tried invoking a Web Service from the AS/400 using
RPG ILE?  My thought is that I could stick the Apache Axis jar into the
IFS, write a Java client to import the necessary Axis classes to invoke
a Web Service, then prototype the class in an ILE procedure and invoke
it to get the response back to the RPG program.  The reason I need to do
this is because I need our RPG based OMS system to initiate the request.


 

My question is will sticking the Apache Axis jar on the AS/400 be
enough?  We have no application server running on our 400.  Is an http
server required for a client to invoke a web service or does Axis use
sockets to do such?  Would it be better to just do the socket
programming inside the RPG app?  

 

Thanks a million to anyone who can help me on this issue.

 

Sincerely,

Andy

 

Andrew Papada
Software Engineer
GSI Commerce, Inc.
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