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import org.apache.axis.client.Call;
import org.apache.axis.client.Service;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;

public class Client {
    public static void main(String [] args) {
        try {
            String endpointURL =
              "http://localhost:8080/axis/services/SilverService";

            Integer in = new Integer(10);
            Service service = new Service();
            Call call = (Call) service.createCall();

            call.setTargetEndpointAddress(
                    new java.net.URL(endpointURL) );
            call.setOperationName(
                    new QName("SilverService", "getIncrement") );

            Object ret = call.invoke( new Object[] { in } );

            System.out.println("Object = " + ret.getClass().getName());
            System.out.println("Number Returned : " + ret.toString());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println(e.toString());
        }
    }
}

It can be downloaded here: Client.java

Here, first, we create new Axis Service and Call objects, which store metadata about the service to invoke. We set the endpoint address URL to specify the actual location of the class. Here, our SilverService class is located in the http://localhost:8080/axis/services/ directory. We then set the operation name, i.e., the method call that we wish to invoke on the service (i.e., getIncrement()). We can now invoke the service by passing it any Java Object or an array of Java Objects. Here, we pass it a Java Integer containing the value 10. To compile the client-side implementation (assuming you have set your CLASSPATH correctly) is as follows:

javac Client

To invoke the service you run this, just as any other the Java application, as follows:

java Client

which will produce the following output:

Object = java.lang.Integer
Number Returned : 11

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