How do you create a SOAP service in CQ5 (AEM)

[viren_pushpanay]

Does anyone know how to publish a SOAP service in CQ5? Found the following link but this looks more like a hack. Is there any other way to do it?

[smacdonald2008 · Accepted solution]

AEM does not have the libs (including CXF) to expose a web service. You have really 2 choices. Assume you want to expose JCR data as a web service. You can follow that link. It talks about what you need to do. 

Or 2 - you can setup a web service on a web server (ie Tomcat) and code a Java bean and use Apache CXF and the JCR API. THe bean will expose a WSDL and use the JCR API to perform CRUD (Create, Replace, Update, and Delete) operations on the JCR Data. 

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[viren_pushpanay]

Thanks mate. I rather go with the 2nd option as the 1st seems to be too much of a hack.

[manishc97360515]

Could you please share the link?

[manishc97360515]

How to access JCR API from bean on tomcat? Please reply.

[CQJonathanNiels]

I would also go with the option of setting up a separate Tomcat.

Getting Apache CXF to work as SOAP service within the OSGi runtime of AEM will be very complex, if not impossible due to dependency conflicts.

Take a look at Apache Mule, the concept is interesting!

[CQJonathanNiels]

Try doing a bit of reading & learning: http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Java-EE-Expert-Voice/dp/143024626X