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.

You can assemble Web Services for J2EE modules with assembly tools provided with WebSphere Application Server. Additionally, you can assemble Web Services for J2EE modules with the WebSphere Development Studio for iSeries product. This topic describes how to use the Application Server Toolkit to assemble Web services; the steps for Rational Application Studio for iSeries are similar.

You must configure the assembly tool before you can use it.

This task provides information about what you need to assemble a Web service and in what order you should assemble the parts, for example an enterprise archive (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.

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 Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) Version 1.2, 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 Web archive (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.

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

What to do next

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

Related reference
ibm-webservices-bnd.xmi assembly properties