Plan to develop applications
Set up the development environment and learn where to find details about available programming interfaces.
- WXS programming interfaces
WXS provides several features that are accessed programmatically using the Java programming language through application programming interfaces (APIs) and system programming interfaces.
- Class loader and classpath considerations
Since WXS stores Java objects in the cache by default, define classes on the classpath wherever the data is accessed.
- Directory conventions
The following directory conventions are used throughout the documentation to must reference special directories such as wxs_install_root and wxs_home. You access these directories during several different scenarios, including during installation and use of command-line tools.
- Set up a stand-alone development environment
Configure an Eclipse-based integrated development environment to build and run a Java SE application with the stand-alone version of WXS.
- Run a WXS client or server application with Apache Tomcat in RAD
Whether you have a client or server application, use the same basic steps to run the application in Apache Tomcat in Rational Application Developer. For a client application, to configure and run a web application to use a WXS client in RAD. Follow these instructions to create a web project for running a WXS catalog service or container. For a server application, to enable a Java EE application in RAD interface with a stand-alone installation of WXS. Follow these instructions to configure a Java EE application project for using the WXS client library.
- Run an integrated client or server application with WAS in RAD
Configure and run a Java EE application with a WXS client or server with the WAS runtime embedded in RAD. If you are configuring a server, starting WAS automatically starts WXS.
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