Assembling Web services applications

This topic explains how to assemble a Web services application that is based on the Web Services for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) specification.

 

Before you begin

We can assemble Web Services for J2EE modules with assembly tools provided with WebSphere Application Server.

You must configure the assembly tool before use it.

 

Overview

This task provides information about what we need to assemble a Web service and in what order you should assemble the parts, for example an EAR file. Assembling a Web service is done after you develop the application and configure the deployment descriptors.

Assemble Web services applications by following the actions in the steps for this task section.

 

Procedure

  1. Start an assembly tool. The assembly tools, Application Server Toolkit (AST) and Rational Web Developer, provide a graphical interface for developing code artifacts, assembling the code artifacts into various archives (modules) and configuring related J2EE V1.2, 1.3 or 1.4 compliant deployment descriptors.

  2. Assemble a Web services-enabled enterprise JAR file into an EAR file.

  3. (Optional) Enable the EAR file. When the EAR file contains enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) modules, it must have the Web services endpoint WAR file added with the endptEnabler command-line tool or an assembly tool before deployment.

  4. Assemble a Web services-enabled WAR file into an EAR file.

 

Result

You have a Web services-enabled EAR file that one can deploy into WebSphere Application Server.

 

What to do next

Now we need to deploy the Web services-enabled EAR file into WebSphere Application Server.

 

See also


Assembling a JAR file that is enabled for Web services from an enterprise bean
Assembling a Web services-enabled enterprise bean JAR file from a WSDL file
Assembling a WAR file that is enabled for Web services from Java code
Assembling a Web services-enabled WAR file from a WSDL file
Assembling an enterprise bean JAR file into an EAR file
Assembling a Web services-enabled WAR into an EAR file
Enabling an EAR file for Web services

 

Related Tasks


Assembling a Web services-enabled client JAR file into an EAR file
Assembling a JAR file that is enabled for Web services from an enterprise bean
Assembling a Web services-enabled enterprise bean JAR file from a WSDL file
Assembling a WAR file that is enabled for Web services from Java code
Assembling a Web services-enabled WAR file from a WSDL file
Starting an assembly tool
Deploying Web services

 

See Also


ibm-webservices-bnd.xmi assembly properties