Build SOAP SOEs using IntelliJ

This topic describes how to create, build, and deploy a SOAP server object extension (SOE) under the Maven framework using IntelliJ.

1. Create the SOAP SOE project
2. Build the SOAP SOE project
3. Deploy the SOE to ArcGIS Server

The SOE that you will create in this topic is also provided as a sample, named Simple SOAP SOE in the ArcGIS Enterprise SDK(..\EnterpriseSDK\Samples\Java\serverobjectextensions\simplesoapsoe).

Create the SOAP SOE project

To create a SOAP SOE using IntelliJ, complete the following steps:

1. Ensure that ArcGIS Enterprise SDK, Java, and Maven are all installed on your development environment. See more details in the Installation section.

2. Launch IntelliJ and choose Create New Project. The New Project wizard appears.

3. Choose Maven on the left menu. Check the Create from archetype checkbox.

4. If the soap-soe-archetype has already been added, skip this step.

   Otherwise, click the Add Archetype button on the right, type the following values in the Add Archetype wizard, and then click OK:

   • GroupId: com.esri.arcgis.enterprise.sdk
   • ArtifactId: soap-soe-archetype
   • Version: 10.9.1 (use 10.9.0 for 10.9 SDK and 10.8.1 for 10.8.1 SDK)
   

Other SOE and SOI archetypes will also be automatically picked up and show up next time when you choose Create from archetype.

5. The soap-soe-archetype is now added. Select this archetype and click Next.

Note: Ensure that Project SDK is set to use the supported JDK before you proceed.

6. Enter the information in the parameters below and click Next:

   
   • Name — simplesoapsoe
   • GroupId — entsdksamples.soe
   • ArtifactId — simplesoapsoe

7. Click the + button on the right. Add a Maven property soeName with the value JavaSimpleSOAPSOE. Click OK.

Note: You must add the soeName property, which is a required property used for the SOE's class name, otherwise the SOE project can't be built.

8. Ensure Maven home directory is set to use the supported Maven and the soeName property is added. Click Finish.

9. A new SOE project is created. You should see Build Success on the right of the bottom Run Tool Window.

   

   If you see any warnings, you can ignore them for now as long as the project successfully builds (Build Success) and generates the entsdksamples.soe package and JavaSimpleSOAPSOE class and IJavaSimpleSOAPSOE interface under the src\main\java folder. You will address those warnings during project build. Continue to build the SOAP SOE project now.

Build the SOAP SOE project

Building an SOE project will package the project's classes, dependencies, and resources into a .soe file, which can be deployed to ArcGIS Server. Since it's a Maven project, the Maven build lifecycle must be followed to build the SOAP SOE. Read more about project build.

You can build the SOE project in either the Maven tool window or the Terminal tool window.

Because the project is created from soap-soe-archetype, it automatically loads the boilerplate code that implements a ready-to-use SOE. For now, you can customize the displayName and description of the SOE and leave the rest of the code as is.

1. Open the SOE class JavaSimplesoapSOE, located in the src\main\java folder (see A in the example above).

2. Set the displayName and description to Java Simple SOAP SOE (see B).

3. Now follow these steps to build the project.

   • To build the project in the Maven tool window, do the following:

     a. Click the Maven tab on the right side of IntelliJ (see C).

     b. Expand simplesoapsoe. You should see Lifecycle, Plugins and Dependencies listed.

     c. If you don't see Dependencies, click the Reimport All Maven Projects button (see D) on the far left of the tool bar in the Maven tool window.

     d. Now you should see Dependencies, and com.esri.arcgis.enterprise.sdk:arcgis-enterprise-sdk:version is listed as one of the dependencies.

     e. Expand Lifecycle and click install. You can also click clean and click install for a clean build of the project.

     f. The project is built successfully with detailed log messages in the Run tool window (see E).

   • Alternatively, to build the project in the Terminal tool window, do the following:

     a. Click the Terminal tab at the bottom of IntelliJ (see F).

     b. Ensure the directory is pointing to the project's root directory.

     c. Type mvn clean install. This command does a clean build of the project, and you should see Build Success.

4. Once the build finishes, a new folder named target appears in the project's base directory, and you can find the SOE file simplesoapsoe.soe and the generated WSDL file JavaSimpleSOAPSOE.wsdl in this folder (see G).

If you would like to add third-party libraries as dependencies, you can add them to the project's pom.xml (see H). The POM contains project configuration information, such as the Java compiler (JDK) used, plug-ins used, project's dependencies, and project's version. Learn more about POM dependency management.

Note: If the SOAP SOE references classes from a third-party dependency as the SOAP method's parameters or return values, the dependency must be included under both the project's dependencies and the sdk-plugin's dependencies in the POM. Learn more details in the Enterprise SDK Maven plugin section.

Deploy the SOE to ArcGIS Server

The SOE you created must be deployed to ArcGIS Server and enabled on a map service. To learn how to deploy an SOE, see the Deploy extensions topic in the ArcGIS Enterprise SDK help. Note that the term “deploy” is used here to mean uploading the .soe file to ArcGIS Server and registering it as an extension to map services. To learn how to enable an SOE on a map service, see the Enable extensions topic of the ArcGIS Enterprise SDK help.

Also See

• Install the Java IDE
• SOE with properties
• Log messages
• Debug extensions