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?
Best Answer
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.