Creating WebService Using Liferay Service.xml

Steps to create webservice using liferay service.xml

1. Add remote-service="true" in service.xml for the perticular entity.
    eg: 
<entity name="Customer" local-service="true" remote-service="true" cache-enabled="false">

2. Build service. It will create <entityName>ServiceImpl.java file in XXX.portal.service.impl
    eg:
CustomerServiceImpl.java in com.test.portal.service.impl.
3. Create a method in <entityName>ServiceImpl.java and return some value.
    eg:
        CustomerServiceImpl.java extends CustomerServiceBaseImpl{
               public String getCustomerName(String customerName){
           
                //TO DO, Write your logic here and based on logic return your details   
                return customerName;
               }
       
        }

4. Build service and web-service. It will create required classes. You can check your project entry in WEB-INF/server-config.wsdd.
    eg:
        <parameter name="allowedMethods" value="getSquareOf"/>
       
       
5. Check whether your web service is running fine or not by checking wsdl file.
    eg:
        http://localhost:8080/Customer-portlet/api/axis/Plugin_Customer_CustomerService?wsdl

Steps to validate webservice

6. Use service definition given in step 5 and create a webservice client.
                or
7. Use any webservice testing tool to validate webservice.
    eg:
    http://storm.codeplex.com/