UDDI Registry Client Programming
Before you begin
This topic covers programmatic use of the UDDI APIs. The first subtopics describe some standard aspects of the UDDI APIs:
- UDDI Registry V3 Entity Keys explains UDDI entity keys, and the capability with UDDI V3 to save UDDI entities with publisher-assigned keys.
- Use of digital signatures with the UDDI Registry explains about the support for digital signing of UDDI entities, and for validation of signatures.
- UDDI Registry Application Programming Interface is a summary of the UDDI V3 APIs as defined in the UDDI V3 specification.
There are several ways in which one can programmatically access the UDDI APIs. The recommended client API is the IBM UDDI V3 Client for Java, which allows access to the UDDI V3 APIs from Java client code. Other client APIs are provided for compatibility with previous versions of the UDDI Registry:
- UDDI4J provides Java class libraries for accessing UDDI V1 and V2 APIs. These class libraries are both deprecated in this release, and replaced by the UDDI V3 Client for Java. See UDDI4J programming interface (Deprecated) for further details.
- EJB Interface for the UDDI Registry (Deprecated) provides an EJB interface to the UDDI Version 2 APIs. The UDDI EJB interface is deprecated in this release.
Although the recommended programmatic access to the UDDI APIs is through the UDDI V3 Client for Java, it is also valid to use the UDDI APIs directly using SOAP. This can be done by constructing a properly-formed UDDI message within the body of a SOAP request, and sending it using HTTP POST to the appropriate SOAP endpoint for the UDDI service (see UDDI Registry SOAP Service End Points. The response will be returned within the body of the HTTP reply.
Support is also provided for the use of HTTP GET to return XML representations of UDDI entities: see HTTP GET Services for UDDI Registry data structures for details.
See also
UDDI Registry V3 Entity Keys
Use of digital signatures with the UDDI Registry
UDDI Registry Application Programming Interface
IBM UDDI V3 Client
HTTP GET Services for UDDI Registry data structures
UDDI Registry SOAP Service End Points
UDDI4J programming interface (Deprecated)
UDDI EJB Interface (Deprecated)
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