# using ruby on rails to call the web service in java **URL:** \ **Category:** rubyonrails-talk\ **Created:** [October 1, 2008, 8:25am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/using-ruby-on-rails-to-call-the-web-service-in-java/34916 "2008-10-01T08:25:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ruby\_on\_rail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@ruby\_on\_rail](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/ruby_on_rail)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 8:25am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/using-ruby-on-rails-to-call-the-web-service-in-java/34916/1 "2008-10-01T08:25:50Z")
Hi Rail experts, I am learning to use ruby on rail to replace our old php based web application. I have one question: originally we have some web services developed in java, and they are running on the jSoapServer (java based). If we still want to use our java code at teh back-end. how to do it in ruby on rail. or are there info in detail for them. Regards, -Mo ---
**Author:** ![11175](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/8edcca/32.png) [@11175](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/11175)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/using-ruby-on-rails-to-call-the-web-service-in-java/34916/2 "2008-10-01T13:39:41Z")
Look for information on the ActionWebServices plugin for Rails. This plugin used to be built into Rails for interacting with SOAP web services, but with the decision to promote REST as an alternative to SOAP it was pulled out into a plugin and ActiveResource (REST client) was added to the Rails core. ruby on rail wrote: ---
**Author:** ![ruby\_on\_rail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@ruby\_on\_rail](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/ruby_on_rail)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/using-ruby-on-rails-to-call-the-web-service-in-java/34916/3 "2008-10-02T07:44:04Z")
thanks Robert, I will check it.