SOAP request format, help needed

[bditaly]

Hi out there,

for a university course I have to write a java client that extracts all calendar resources and all contacts of a specified user.
I jumped into soap.txt but there are a few things that are not clear.
- for getting the calendar resources I think SearchCalendarResourcesRequest is the right, but how would a sample conversation look like?
- or can I use searchRequest for both?

I assume that for recieving such things I have to authenticate first using
<AuthRequest xmlns="urn:zimbraAdmin">
<name>...</name>
<password>...</password>
</AuthRequest>
but does this also work with a normal user like joe@example.com?

Can anyone give me a hand in composing the requests as I currently have no access to zimbra to test it.
So I have to write the client and hope that the requests are right and the responses are exactly as described in the document.

i will appreciate any help and hints

have a nice day
bditaly


Edit: i tried now the zmsoap console client with the verbose switch on to learn how a request has to be made. With SearchRequest I am able to search for mails, bot not for contacts.
Is there a way that I can paste a request into a field and get the response?
This would help me a lot in testing.