Developing a Web service from a Java bean

This task explains how to develop a Web service from a Java bean.

Set up a Web services development and unmanaged client run-time environment.

This task is one of four ways that you can develop a Web service. You can also develop a Web service from an enterprise bean, develop a Web service with an existing Web Services Description Language (WSDL) file using a Java bean, or develop a Web service with an existing WSDL file using an enterprise bean. In this task, you need develop a new WSDL file.

You can use a Java bean that already exists and then enable the implementation for Web services. Enabling the Java bean for Web services includes developing the service endpoint interface, developing a WSDL file that is the engine of the Web service, generating and configuring the deployment descriptors, assembling all artifacts required for the Web service, and deploying the application into the WebSphere Application Server environment.

Develop a Web service from a Java bean by following the task steps provided in this section.

1. Access an existing Java bean Web archive (WAR) file.

2. Develop a Java bean service endpoint interface. The service endpoint interface defines the methods for a particular Web service. The Java bean must implement methods having the same signature as the methods on the service endpoint interface.

3. Develop a WSDL file. The WSDL file is the engine of a Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) Web service; without it there is no Web service.

4. Develop Web services deployment descriptor templates for a JavaBeans implementation. You need to complete this step to create the deployment descriptor templates that are configured to map the service implementation to the JavaBeans implementation.

5. Complete the JavaBeans implementation. When you complete the JavaBeans implementation, you are assembling a Java archive (JAR) file that contains a JavaBeans implementation and supported classes created from the WSDL file.

6. Configure the webservices.xml deployment descriptor. Configure the webservices.xml deployment descriptor so that WebSphere Application Server can process the incoming Web services requests.

7. Configure the ibm-webservices-bnd.xmi deployment descriptor. Configure the ibm-webservices-bnd.xml deployment descriptor so that WebSphere Application Server can process the incoming Web services requests.

8. Assemble a WAR file that is enabled for Web services from Java code. This article explains how to assemble the artifacts required to enable the Web module for Web services are added to the WAR file.

9. Assemble a WAR file that is enabled for Web services into an EAR file. This topic explains how to assemble the artifacts required to enable the Web module for Web services that are added to the EAR file.

10. Deploy the EAR file into WebSphere Application Server.

    This topic presents the steps necessary to deploy the EAR file that has been configured and enabled for Web services.

ResultYou have a Web service developed from a Java bean.

What to do next

Related concepts
Web services

Related tasks
Assembling Web services applications
Assembling a WAR file that is enabled for Web services from Java code
Assembling a Web services-enabled WAR into an EAR file
Deploying Web services
Developing a new Web service with an existing WSDL file using JavaBeans technology
Setting up a development and unmanaged client run-time environment for Web services

Related reference
Artifacts used to develop Web services