Calling a Web Service from Natural

Scenario: "I have a web service and want to call this from a Natural application."

This scenario uses the tools IDL Extractor for WSDL and Natural Wrapper of the Designer.

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Solution: Take an existing web service graphics/blue_1.gif and generate the integration logic graphics/blue_2.gif to call it from a Natural application graphics/blue_3.gif , as shown below.

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	Extract WSDL from web service. See Using the IDL Extractor for WSDL.
	Generate client interface objects for Natural client application. See Natural Wrapper.
	Execute call from Natural client to web service. See Sample Generation Result for the Client Side.

What do I need to Install for this Scenario?

You have Software AG Designer installed with EntireX plugins and Service Development plugins.
- For EntireX plugins, see Designer > EntireX Designer under EntireX Installation Packages in the General Installation documentation.
- For Service Development plugins, refer to the Integration Server documentation.
You have an RPC Server for XML/SOAP installed, either
- in installation package EntireX Core Files, plus package EntireX WebService deployed in Software AG Runtime, or
- as part of a complete EntireX installation
You have Natural and a Natural RPC Server installed. See your Natural documentation for information on installing Natural and setting up a Natural RPC Server.
You have an EntireX Broker installed.
- For Linux and Windows, see EntireX Broker under EntireX Installation Packages in the General Installation documentation.
- For z/OS, see Installing EntireX Broker under z/OS in the z/OS Installation documentation.