Alfresco 3c as a Web Service Client

[rbergstrom]

Hello:

I would like to use a external web service from a custom action (e.g. remote document conversion, image repository, or let your imagination run wild).  There are several client libraries available for doing this.   However I figured this capacity may already exist and I would be adding client libraries unnecessarily.   Any thoughts on the best way for an Alfresco action to consume a web service?

// RAB

[pmonks]

Alfresco bundles Apache Axis and uses it for publishing the Alfresco Web Services (http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Content_Management_Web_Services).  The Axis distribution also includes a Web Service client, and it can be used for consuming third party Web Services (whether from a custom action or other code running inside Alfresco).

It's also relatively easy to add some other Web Service client library to Alfresco, if that's preferable.

Cheers,
Peter