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How to Call Web Services

To call CA Service Catalog web services with a Java client, follow this process:

1. Verify that Java clients meet the prerequisites.
2. Verify that the web services that you want to use are deployed.
3. Generate the WSDL for each web service.
4. Generate Java Stubs for each web service.
5. Use the stubs to call each web service.
6. Verify that you use login and logout methods efficiently.
7. Do one of the following:
   • If you are using Java programs, review the sample Java program to call a web service. Use it as a model to call web services.
   • If you are using JavaScript, review the sample JavaScript program to call a web service. Use it as a model to call web services.
8. See the following web sites for additional documentation:
   • If you are using Java programs, see the Axis and web service related-related sections of apache.org.
   • If you are using JavaScript, see the web service-related portions of the workshop sections of the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) on microsoft.com.