18.4 Using RWWebServiceUtil to Test RWWebService

Oracle Reports installation provides a sample RWWebServiceUtil webservice testing utility class. This is available in ORACLE_HOME /reports/jlib/rwrun.jar. RWWebServiceUtil can be used to test various operations supported by RWWebService.

The following procedure outlines the necessary steps involved in using this utility:

1. Include rwrun.jar in the classpath.

2. Run RWWebServiceUtil as a normal java program as following:

   $ORACLE_HOME\jdk\bin\java oracle.reports.rwclient.RWWebServiceUtil

3. It displays the following usage:

   -endpoint       url of the webservice
   -method         web service operation to invoke
   
   runJob,getJobInfo,getServerInfo,killJob,getAPIVersion
    
      Input Parameters for runJob
       -cmdline        command line to be used while submitting the job
       -sync           boolean value to specify if job should be submitted
                       in synchronous manner or asynchronous manner
    
      Input Parameters for getJobInfo
       -server         server to be used for processing the request
       -jobid          jobid in numeric format
       -authid         user/password for authentication, if server is secure
    
      Input Parameters for getServerInfo
       -server         server to be used for processing the request
       -authid         authid for authentication, if server is secure
    
      Input Parameters for killJob
       -server         server to be used for processing the request
       -jobid          jobid in numeric format
       -authid         authid for authentication, if server is secure
   

4. You can use this utility to submit jobs to reports server using the following command:

   $ORACLE_HOME\jdk\bin\java
   oracle.reports.rwclient.RWWebServiceUtil -endpoint
   http://yourmachine:port/reports/rwwebservice -method runjob -cmdline
   "report=test.rdf desformat=pdf destype=file desname=/tmp/output.pdf
   server=ReportsServer" -sync true
   

5. This submits the request to the server and returns a soap response in the following format:

   <?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'UTF-8' standalone = 'yes'?>
      <serverQueues>
         <job id="2" queueType="past">
            <name>/home/vnanda/test.rdf</name>
            <type>report</type>
            <status code="4">Report  finished successfully.</status>
            <owner>RWUser</owner>
            <server>reportsserver</server>
            <destination>
               <desType>file</desType>
               <desName>/tmp/output.pdf</desName>
               <desFormat>pdf</desFormat>
               <file>output1.pdf</file>
            </destination>
            <timingInfo>
               <queued>Feb 17, 2009 9:41:36 AM</queued>
               <started>Feb 17, 2009 9:41:36 AM</started>
               <finished>Feb 17, 2009 9:41:38 AM</finished>
            </timingInfo>
         </job>
      </serverQueues>
   

6. Similarly, you can invoke other operations on RWWebService using the RWWebServiceUtil.