What is new and changed: Web services gateway

In WebSphere Application Server Version 5.1, the web services gateway was a separable component with its own user interface. In later versions of the product, the gateway is integrated into service integration bus-enabled web services, and re-implemented as a mechanism for extending and linking inbound and outbound services.

The main changes in this version are as follows:

Migrate the gateway

For migration from WAS v6 to Version 7.0 or later, there are no gateway-specific migration steps.

For migration from Version 5.1 to Version 7.0 or later, you use a wsadmin command script. The migration procedure takes an existing working gateway application whose configuration has been exported to an XML file and uses the exported XML file to configure the same gateway functions on a Version 7.0 or later application server or cluster. Requester applications can then switch over to using the new gateway configuration while the existing Version 5 gateway continues to run. For more information, see Migrate a Version 5.1 web services gateway configuration.

Filters

The use of filters was deprecated in Version 5.1.1 and support for filters was removed in Version 7.0. The role formerly played by filters is now undertaken by a combination of JAX-RPC handlers and service integration bus mediations.

Related tasks

Work with the web services gateway

Specifications and API documentation