Web services are easy to create with tools for creating, importing, editing, testing, and publishing Web services. You also can easily discover and import Web services into your own applications.
There are two primary ways to create Web service: bottom-up and top-down. Bottom-up development is the creation of a Web service from existing methods. You can create Web services from JavaBeans, EJBs, URLs, DADX, or ISD.
Top-down development is the creation of the Web service method skeleton from an existing WSDL file. You can create JavaBean skeletons or EJB skeletons from a Web Services Descriptor Language (WSDL) file.
Quick validation of WSDL files is supported.
The WSDL editor allows you to easily and graphically create, modify, view, and validate WSDL files. You also can create HTML documentation about the WSDL file schema.
Testing of your Web services is handled with the Web Services Explorer.
A TCP/IP Monitor allows you to watch the SOAP messages that are sent and received by the WebSphere Server.
To create a Web service client (requestor), drag a Web service from the palette onto your Faces JavaServer page (JSP).
When you are ready to start using the Web services tools, first set the appropriate capabilities.
In the Preferences window, you also can set your Web services preferences and your project's Web Services-Interoperability (WS-I) compliance settings.
This concludes the Web services tour. To learn more, refer to the Tutorial Gallery or refer to the Information Center.