Externalize Java helper methods with access to the service pipeline of webMethods Integration Server

As I’ve mentioned earlier, I like to re-use my existing code whenever possible (and if not possible I’ll try to find a way ;-)). When writing Java Services in webMethods’ Integration Server, I wanted to use an existing method that provides easy access and type safety when working with the service pipeline (i.e. interface IData). … Read more

Logging to webMethod’s Integration Server log from a Java Service

I created a Java Service in webMethod’s Integration Server that should log something to the server.log file. As it turns out, this is quite simple: Generate Java code for calling the internal Service pub.flow.debugLog by right-clicking on the Service in Software AG Designer and selecting “Generate Code…”, “For calling this service from another service”. The … Read more

Setting up the JDBC adapter in webMethods’ Integration Server to connect to an Oracle database

Today, I wanted to use the JDBC adapter in webMethod’s Integration Server to connect to a database from a Java service. As it turns out, the configuration was quite frustrating for me. Here’s a history of the problems that appeared while trying to get a database connection running: Error encountered [ART.118.5042] Adapter Runtime (Connection): Unable … Read more

Re-use your own existing Java code in a Java Service in webMethods Integration Server

Modularization is an important concept of programming. So, when I wanted to create a Java Service in webMethods’ Integration Server today, I wanted to re-use my existing Java code that already provided the feature I wanted to publish as a Service. However, this is not as easy as it sounds 😉 Here are the steps … Read more

Error ISS.0088.9163 Could not retrieve WSDL for service in webMethods Integration Server

The following problem with webMethods Integration Server already occured twice in our environment, so I think it’s time to document the fix. When opening the generated WSD for a web service, I got the following error: [ISS.0088.9163] Could not retrieve WSDL for service […], WSD not found. The problem was the URL generated by the … Read more

Error ISS.0141.9208 Could not deploy the Web service descriptor in webMethods Integration Server

During the startup of webMethods Integration Server I found quite a few entries like this in server.log: [ISS.0141.9998E] Exception –> [ISS.0141.9208] Could not deploy the Web service descriptor […]. Cause: [ISC.0081.9164] Exception occurred during generation of WSDL for service […]: [ISC.0124.9011] Document to XSD error: Simple type […] does not exist None of the mentioned … Read more