connect to alfresco 2017 using alfresco-web-service-client

Question

I am using alfresco-web-service-client 5.0.a, I am trying to login into alfresco-community 2017 which is deployed at : localhost:8081/alfresco.

This is what I've done so far :

    import org.alfresco.webservice.authentication.AuthenticationFault;
    import org.alfresco.webservice.util.AuthenticationUtils;
    import org.alfresco.webservice.util.WebServiceFactory;

    public class Main {

        public static void main(String[] args) throws AuthenticationFault  {

            WebServiceFactory.setEndpointAddress("http://localhost:8081/alfresco/api");     
            AuthenticationUtils.startSession("admin", "admin");

        }
    }

This is what I get when I run the class :

Exception in thread "main" org.alfresco.webservice.util.WebServiceException: Error starting session.
    at org.alfresco.webservice.util.AuthenticationUtils.startSession(AuthenticationUtils.java:99)
    at com.lydec.Main.Main.main(Main.java:12)
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
    at org.apache.axis.AxisFault.makeFault(AxisFault.java:101)
    at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.invoke(HTTPSender.java:154)
    at org.apache.axis.strategies.InvocationStrategy.visit(InvocationStrategy.java:32)
    at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.doVisiting(SimpleChain.java:118)
    at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.invoke(SimpleChain.java:83)
    at org.apache.axis.client.AxisClient.invoke(AxisClient.java:165)
    at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invokeEngine(Call.java:2784)
    at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2767)
    at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2443)
    at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2366)
    at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1812)
    at org.alfresco.webservice.authentication.AuthenticationServiceSoapBindingStub.startSession(AuthenticationServiceSoapBindingStub.java:187)
    at org.alfresco.webservice.util.AuthenticationUtils.startSession(AuthenticationUtils.java:84)
    ... 1 more
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
    at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.waitForConnect(Native Method)
    at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.axis.components.net.DefaultSocketFactory.create(DefaultSocketFactory.java:153)
    at org.apache.axis.components.net.DefaultSocketFactory.create(DefaultSocketFactory.java:120)
    at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.getSocket(HTTPSender.java:191)
    at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.writeToSocket(HTTPSender.java:404)
    at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.invoke(HTTPSender.java:138)
    ... 12 more

pom.xml

Answer 1

You cannot use the old (and unstable) 5.0.a web service client to talk to a modern version of Alfresco on the server.

This link provides information on the changes related to SOAP-based web services.

If you must use SOAP-based web services, use CMIS (sample code).

I would strongly recommend that you instead use REST instead of SOAP-based web services for just about anything. For Alfresco, you can use the new public REST API or you can use CMIS (either the Atom Pub binding or the Browser binding).