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I've been following the instructions from here http://wiki.developerforce.com/page/Creating_an_Outbound_Messaging_Notification_Service_with_Eclipse_3.2 and I'm confused as to where their endpoint URL comes from. The example has it set at IP:port/OM_Sample/services/Notification.

The IP and port are obvious, but where did they get OM_Sample/services/Notification from? Having read through the sample I'm guessing its actually wrong and it should have been OMTest/services/Notification based on the name of their project, but this still leaves me wondering where /services/Notification comes from? Does an endpoint always take this format? Is it based on files that are created automatically as part of the web service?

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The endpoint can be whatever you want it to be. Typically when I'm working with outbound messages, I just put something random in the endpoint at first to generate the wsdl. I then use the wsdl to build my service. Once the service is live, I go back into the outbound message and update the endpoint to point to wherever my service sits.

The endpoint doesn't need a specific format and will vary depending on the tool you use to build the service.

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  • I'm writing mine in eclipse using the instruction in the link in my OP. Its a bit out of date so I'm having to guess some parts. Once I've generated my service I'm exporting it to a WAR file and hosting it on tomcat. If I'm doing that, how do I know what the endpoint should be, or where do I specify it? My service is actually working by setting it to project_name/services/Notification but I don't really understand why. – ministe2003 Mar 10 '14 at 14:14
  • That's more of a java development question which I am definitely not qualified to answer! I don't know if that is java convention or if a result of the wsdl you imported. – Daniel Hoechst Mar 10 '14 at 14:32
  • I think its just something to do with the way the service is set up, but its not being explained in the instructions – ministe2003 Mar 10 '14 at 14:37
  • Also, I'm only doing it this way because that's what these instructions suggest to do. Is there a better way? – ministe2003 Mar 10 '14 at 14:52
  • I've always used Jitterbit. Using it to create the service is really easy. No coding required at all. But it is kind of pricy. – Daniel Hoechst Mar 10 '14 at 14:58

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