<service name="CMSService">
    <description>
        This is a sample Web Service for the newspaper's
 Content Managment System.
    </description>

    <parameter name="ServiceClass" locked="false"
>CMSService</parameter>

    <operation name="getNumberOfArticles">
        <messageReceiver class=
"org.apache.axis2.receivers.RawXMLINOutMessageReceiver"/>
    </operation>
    <operation name="addArticle">
        <messageReceiver class=
"org.apache.axis2.receivers.RawXMLINOnlyMessageReceiver"/>
    </operation>
</service>

                    
import org.apache.axis2.om.OMElement;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;

public class CMSService {

    public OMElement getNumberOfArticles(OMElement element)
                              throws XMLStreamException {

        element.build();
        element.detach();

        return element;
    }
}

                    
<cms:getNumberOfArticles><cms:category>classifieds</cms:category></cms:
getNumberOfArticles>

                    
...
import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;

public class CMSService {
    public OMElement getNumberOfArticles(OMElement element) 
                          throws XMLStreamException {
        element.build();
        element.detach();

        String rootName = element.getLocalName();
        OMElement categoryElement = element.getFirstElement();
        String categoryElementName = categoryElement.getLocalName();
        String categoryValue = childElement.getText();

        return element;
    }
}

                    
...
import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;

public class CMSService {
    public OMElement getNumberOfArticles(OMElement element) 
                         throws XMLStreamException {
        element.build();
        element.detach();

        String rootName = element.getLocalName();
        OMElement childElement = element.getFirstElement();
        String childName = childElement.getLocalName();
        String categoryValue = childElement.getText();

        SOAPFactory factory = OMAbstractFactory.getSOAP12Factory();
        OMNamespace namespace = factory.createOMNamespace(
                            "http://daily-moon.com/cms/", "resp");
        OMElement resultElem = factory.createOMElement(
                                   "numberOfArticles",namespace);

        String actualValue = 
                         (articleCount(categoryValue)).toString();
        resultElem.setText(actualValue);

        return resultElem;
    }

    private Integer articleCount(String catId){

       //Perform some function such as searching the CMS 
       //database, and return the actual value.  For our 
       //purposes, you'll hardcode it.
       return new Integer(42);

    }
}

                    
...
public class ClassifiedClient {
    private static EndpointReference targetEPR = 
         new EndpointReference(
           "http://localhost:8080/axis2/services/CMSService");

    public static OMElement getEchoOMElement() {
        SOAPFactory fac = OMAbstractFactory.getSOAP12Factory();
        OMNamespace omNs = fac.createOMNamespace(
                "http://daily-moon.com/cms", "cms");
        OMElement method = fac.createOMElement("getNumberOfArticles", omNs);
        OMElement value = fac.createOMElement("category", omNs);
        value.addChild(fac.createText(value, "classifieds"));
        method.addChild(value);

        return method;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            OMElement payload = ClassifiedClient.getEchoOMElement();
            Options options = new Options();
            options.setTo(targetEPR);
            options.setTransportInProtocol(Constants.TRANSPORT_HTTP);

            ServiceClient sender = new ServiceClient();
            sender.setOptions(options);
            OMElement result = sender.sendReceive(payload);

            String response = result.getText();
            System.out.println("There are "+response+" classifieds at the moment.");

        } catch (Exception e) { //(XMLStreamException e) {
System.out.println(e.toString());
        }
    }
}

                    
There are 42 classifieds at the moment.

...
    private Integer articleCount(String catId){
...
    }

    public void addArticle(OMElement element) 
                             throws XMLStreamException{
       element.build();
       System.out.println(element);
    }
}

                    
import org.apache.axis2.addressing.EndpointReference;
import org.apache.axis2.client.Options;
import org.apache.axis2.client.ServiceClient;
import org.apache.axis2.om.OMElement;
import org.apache.axis2.SOAP.SOAPFactory;
import org.apache.axis2.om.OMAbstractFactory;
import org.apache.axis2.om.OMNamespace;

public class AddArticleClient {
    private static EndpointReference targetEPR = 
         new EndpointReference(
             "http://localhost:8080/axis2/services/CMSService");

    private static OMElement getOMElement(){

        SOAPFactory fac = OMAbstractFactory.getSOAP12Factory();
        OMNamespace omNs = fac.createOMNamespace(
                "http://daily-moon.com", "cms");
        OMElement method = fac.createOMElement("addArticle", omNs);

        OMElement category = fac.createOMElement("category", omNs);
        category.setText("classifieds");

        OMElement subcategory = 
                        fac.createOMElement("subcategory", omNs);
        category.setText("wantads");

        OMElement adtext = fac.createOMElement("article", omNs);
        adtext.setText("Do you  have good head for numbers"+
              " and a great deal of patience?  Do you like"+
              " to sit for hours sorting objects by their"+
              " size?  If so, then you could be the"+
              " next goober counter in the world famous"+
              " Murphy Brothers peanut factory. "+
              " Willingness to dress up as our mascot"+
              " helpful, but not required.");

        method.addChild(category);
        method.addChild(subcategory);
        method.addChild(adtext); 

        return method;

    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            OMElement payload = AddArticleClient.getOMElement();
            ServiceClient serviceClient = new ServiceClient();

            Options options = new Options();
            serviceClient.setOptions(options);
            options.setTo(targetEPR);

            serviceClient.fireAndForget(payload);

        } catch (AxisFault axisFault) {
            axisFault.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

}