title: How to test a JAX-WS web serivce up and running (from a servlet)
body: <p>I have a web application running on an apache tomcat server, it communicates with several web services using jax-ws libraries. I need to create a routine in my tomcat application to test whether the web services is up and running. </p>
  
  <p>I, of course, can invoke any methods the web services have, and check if I get the expected (or any) results, but I am looking for a more elegant way. I am picturing it in a ping-like method scenario, where a servlet can trigger the method. But I don't seem to find that JAX-WS is offering that kind of method.</p>
  
  <p>Thank you.</p>