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An EASA Web Service Client implementation is a computer program that creates requests and receives responses from the EASA Web Service. Interacting with an EASAP via these messages takes the place of the more traditional interaction where a human User modifies inputs and receives output via a web browser. The format of these messages is specified in EASA's WSDL file.
A Web Service Description Language (WSDL) file is an XML-based interface definition which outlines the functionality offered to a web service client implementation. This file describes the service name, message names, parameter inputs, operations, and the structure of returned data.
EASA's WSDL file is available on a running EASA Server via:
While an implementation of a Web Service Client for an EASAP may be done in any language, EASA provides two reference implementations in Java. These include:
These files are, respectively:
To use either Java reference implementation, download the WSDL file from the server and use a zip archive manager to save it as service.wsdl into the folder below inside the easa-common.jar package:
If the server name or ip address changes, the new WSDL file must be downloaded and saved again to update hostname and port therein.
Alternatively, if a customer wishes to implement a client in another high-level language such as C, C++, VBA, a SOAP reference implementation may be helpful.
SoapUI (https://www.soapui.org/) is a free tool that will create a SOAP implementation and a reference client or a test client automatically from a WSDL file. The resulting file contains XML SOAP messages for the EASA Web Service and may be useful to a developer.
Regardless of the particular implementation, the EASA Server will need to be configured to accept a Web Service Client as a valid User .
Go to the page below and create the easaws user:
Obtain a license from EASA Technical Services that specifically activates the Web Service Client as a valid User.(support@easasoftware.com)
Finally, configure HTTP authentication records in the two files below:
Add a <security constraint/> and <security role/> for easaws to the file:
<webapp ... <security-constraint> ... </security-constraint> ... <security-constraint> <web-resource-collection> <web-resource-name>Tomcat</web-resource-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </web-resource-collection> <auth-constraint> <role-name>easaws</role-name> </auth-constraint> <user-data-constraint> <!-- transport-guarantee can be CONFIDENTIAL, INTEGRAL, or NONE --> <transport-guarantee>NONE</transport-guarantee> </user-data-constraint> </security-constraint> <security-role> <role-name>easaws</role-name> </security-role> ... </webapp>
Add a <role/> for easaws and assign one or more username/password pairs to it:
<tomcat-users> ... <role rolename="easaws"/> <user username="user1" password="password1" roles="easaws"/> <user username="user2" password="password2" roles="easaws"/> ... </tomcat-users>