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.

Diagram of relationship between Web service requestor, broker, and provider.



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.

Image of a Web service being tested after being created from a JavaBean.



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.

Image of a skeleton Java file created automatically from a Web Services Descriptor Language (WSDL) file.



Quick validation of WSDL files is supported.

Image of a WSDL file being validated from pop-up menu.



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.

Image of WSDL file graphical editor.



Testing of your Web services is handled with the Web Services Explorer.

Image of a Web service being tested in the browser-based Web Services Explorer.



A TCP/IP Monitor allows you to watch the SOAP messages that are sent and received by the WebSphere Server.

Image of the TCP/IP Monitor.



To create a Web service client (requestor), drag a Web service from the palette onto your Faces JavaServer page (JSP).

Image of a Web service client being created using a Faces JSP.



When you are ready to start using the Web services tools, first set the appropriate capabilities.

Image of the Preferences window with the Web services capabilities being selected.



In the Preferences window, you also can set your Web services preferences and your project's Web Services-Interoperability (WS-I) compliance settings.

Image of the Preference window showing Web Services-Interoperability preferences being selected.
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This concludes the Web services tour. To learn more, refer to the Tutorial Gallery or refer to the Information Center.