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Use web service to write/update data

This samples demonstrate how to use web service to get,update and add new data.
Create the View to Add Data Using a Web Service

Create the View to Add Data Using a Web Service
This view uses a Web service to add a customer.
Basic Steps
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Add the addCustomer view to the project.
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Generate a Web Service Connector from the Web Service Descriptor of the service that adds a customer.
The Web service descriptor resides in the IS_Package_CAFDemo package, which you should already have installed in the Integration Server that you use with Designer.
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Drag the Web Service Connector onto the design canvas to have Designer generate user interface controls for the Web service.
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Update the user interface controls that Designer generated to meet your needs.
Detailed Step-By-Step Instructions
1
Add a new folder to hold the views that use Web services.
a
From the Project Explorer view, right click the Project > WebContent, where Project is the name of the project you created for this application, and select New > Folder.
b
In the Folder Name field, type webServiceViews.
It is not required that you place additional views in a separate folder. This is done only to organize the views in a logical manner.
2
Add a new view named addCustomer.
a
From the Project Explorer view, right click Project > WebContent > webServiceViews and select New > Other.
b
In the Select a Wizard window, select Web Application View and click Next.
c
In the JSF Web Application View File window in the File Name field, type addCustomer.view.
d
Click Finish.
3
From the Palette view, drag a Form control (Control > Command > Form) into the View Root of the new view.
4
Generate a Web Service Connector in Designer from the Integration Server Web Service Descriptor caf.northwind:createNewCustomerWS, which is in the IS_Package_CAFDemo package.
a
From the IS Browser view, browse to and right click IS_Package_CAFDemo > caf > northwind > createNewCustomerWS and select Generate Web Service Connector.
b
On the Project Selection window, ensure your project is selected in the Project field, and click Next.
c
On the Select WSDL Location window, update the WSDL field, if necessary; then click Next.
d
On the Select Operation window, select CreateNewCustomer, and click Finish.
Designer creates a Create New Customer node in the Bindings view.
5
From the Bindings view, drag the Create New Customer node into the Form control on the design canvas.
Designer creates a user interface for the Web service.
6
Delete the Refresh button that Designer generated.
The Refresh button that Designer generates invokes the Web service. However, in a subsequent step, you will add an addNewCustomer action, which the application will use to invoke the Web service.
7
From the Palette view, drag a Static Row control (Control > Panel > Static Row) to the bottom of the Form control.
8
With the Static Row control selected on the design canvas, in the Property view select the Display tab and set the Width property to 100%.
9
From the Palette view, drag a Static Cell control (Control > Panel > Static Cell) into the Static Row control.
10
With the Static Cell control selected on the design canvas, in the Property view select the Display tab and set:
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Alignment property to center
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Height property to 100%
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Width property to 100%
11
Add an action to the page bean named addNewCustomer.
a
In the Bindings view, right click the page bean and select Add > Action.
b
In the Add New Action Method window in the Action Name field, type addNewCustomer.
c
Click Finish.
d
Open the page source and update the logic for the addNewCustomer action to match the following:
 
public String addNewCustomer() {
String customerid = null;
try {
customerid = this.getCreateNewCustomer().getParameters().getCreateNewCustomerInput().getCustomerID();
this.getCreateNewCustomer().refresh();
getFacesContext().addMessage(null, new FacesMessage("new Cusomer added with customer id:"+customerid));
} catch (Exception e) {
getFacesContext().addMessage(null, new FacesMessage(e.getLocalizedMessage()));
}
 
return OUTCOME_OK
}
12
From the Bindings view, drag the new Add New Customer action into the Static Cell control.
Designer adds an Add New Customer Async Command Button control to the design canvas.
13
With the Add New Customer Async Command Button control selected on the design canvas, in the Properties view select the Value tab and set the Value property to Create User.
Related Topics 
* Use Web Services in Views
* Prerequisite Setup
* Create the Default View
* Create the View to Obtain and Update Data Using a Web Service
* View the Live Sample
 
 
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