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Axis2 on embedded Jetty

In this week I tried to finalize the Axis2m Spring extension module by writing some integration test cases. For above purpose I used embedded Jetty server with Axis2 , this gave enough flexibility within test cases. There can be many possible approaches to use Axis2 with embedded Jetty server , here I have mentioned some of the approaches.

Using Jetty WebAppContext

One possible option is to use Jetty WebAppContext with Axis2 WAR based deployment approach.

        Server server = new Server(8080);
       WebAppContext root = new WebAppContext();      
       root.setContextPath("/");          
       root.setResourceBase("/work/workspace/Jetty_Axis2/webapp1" );      
       server.setHandler(root);
       server.start();

In here , webapp1/WEB-INF directory contains the repository for Axis2 and also have to define the AxisServlet in the web.xml file. The web.xml file should come under the webapp1/WEB-INF directory.

<servlet>
   <servlet-name>AxisServlet</servlet-name>
   <servlet-class>org.apache.axis2.transport.http.AxisServlet</servlet-class>
   <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
 </servlet>
 <servlet-mapping>
   <servlet-name>AxisServlet</servlet-name>
   <url-pattern>/services/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

Another possible approach is define AxisServlet in the code level instead of web.xml file as shown below.

        Server server = new Server(8080);
       WebAppContext root = new WebAppContext();      
       root.setContextPath("/");  
       root.addServlet( "org.apache.axis2.transport.http.AxisServlet","/services/*");  
       root.setResourceBase("/work/workspace/Jetty_Axis2/webapp2" );      
       server.setHandler(root);
       server.start();

Here in the directory structure only noticeable change is you don't need to have web.xml file.

Using Jetty ServletHolder
Only required step for this approach is provide a Axis2 repository as an InitParameter for AxisServlet.

        Server server = new Server(8080);
       Context root = new Context(server,"/",Context.SESSIONS);  
       ServletHolder holder=new ServletHolder(new AxisServlet());
       root.addServlet(holder,"/services/*");
       holder.setInitParameter("axis2.repository.path", "/work/workspace/Jetty_Axis2/webapp3");   
       server.start();

Further it is possible to set Axis2.xml also as an input parameter.

holder.setInitParameter("axis2.xml.path", "/work/workspace/Jetty_Axis2/webapp3/axis2.xml");

Since my test cases dependent of Spring ,It was a requirement to add ContextLoaderListener as a ServletListener. It's again required only few lines of codes for this enhancement.

        Server server = new Server(8080);
       Context root = new Context(server,"/",Context.SESSIONS);  
       ServletHolder holder=new ServletHolder(new AxisServlet());
       root.addServlet(holder,"/services/*");
       holder.setInitParameter("axis2.repository.path", "/work/workspace/Jetty_Axis2/webapp3");
       root.getInitParams().put("contextConfigLocation","Module-app-test.xml");
       root.setResourceBase("/work/workspace/Jetty_Axis2/webapp3");
       root.addEventListener(new ContextLoaderListener());  
       server.start();