web service at client end

[sathya murthy]

hi folks..
i had a web service, which will take name as a parameter and returns the greeting to that name..
In one machine i got tomcat and axis.. when i run the WS, on the machine where axis n tomcat are installed, using command prompt, its executing..

 c:\>java -classpath %AXISCLASSPATH%;C:\dev javaworld.axis.Client1  sathya 

o/p:: Hi!sathya welcome to WS

Where dev is the folder containing Client1

now i want to use the WS from different machine..
i dont know how to use the webservice from a client end..
what r all the tools needed at the client end to run the WS....
and also i would like to use browser instead of dos prompt..
any suggestions in this regard are greatly appreciated..

[paulm rhoades]

ok - i think you may have skipped a few chapters of the intro to web services - clients tend to be other programs not browsers. i find the best way to develop is to use the wsdl2Java tool - write the wsdl to define your web service and then use wsdl2Java to code generate java for your client and server end-points.