SW501: Introduction to Web Services with IBM Rational Application Developer V6

Type: Classroom course
Level: Intermediate

27 July 2004

About this course

This two-day instructor-led course teaches developers how to create, test, and monitor J2EE Web services using the tools provided by IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V6. This includes developing Web services using the Web services wizards, debugging and monitoring Web services using the TCP/IP Monitor, and publishing Web services to a UDDI registry. Students also learn how to package and deploy J2EE Web services to the IBM WebSphere Application Server runtime environment. Hands-on exercises which complement the lectures are provided throughout the course.

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In this course

• Course introduction
• The role of Web services in enterprise applications
  • Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
  • Web services o The use of SOAP, WSDL and UDDI to implement the Web services model
• Overview of Web services technology
  • The role of XML in Web services standards
  • The role of SOAP, WSDL and UDDI in Web services
  • The importance of interoperability between Web services
• XML and XML schema
  • XML, namespace, schema, and WSDL
  • The need for namespaces in an XML document
  • Creating an XML schema for a WSDL document
  • WSDL editor
• Introduction to SOAP
  • SOAP envelope, header, and body
  • Document exchange and RPC messaging style
  • Document and SOAP encoding
  • SOAP faults
• Introduction to WSDL
  • WSDL document structure
  • WSDL types, message, port type, bindings, and service
  • XML schema in WSDL
  • Best practices
• J2EE support for Web Services
  • JAX-RPC client
  • JAX-RCP server programming
• Creating Web services using IBM Rational Application Developer V6
  • Web services support in IBM Rational Application Developer V6
  • Top-down and bottom-up Web services development
  • Generating Web services from a Java bean
  • Generating Web services from a WSDL
  • Testing Web services using the Web Services Explorer
• Exercises Overview
  • The business scenario for the exercises in this course
  • The purpose of each exercise with respect to the Library case study
• Creating Web service clients using IBM Rational Application Developer V6
  • Web service clients
  • Generating Web service clients
  • JAX-RPC clients
  • TCP/IP Monitor usage and configuration
• Overview of UDDI
  • UDDI registry model
  • Finding Web services using UDDI
  • The relationship between UDDI and WSDL
• Publishing Web Services to a UDDI
  • UDDI Explorer
  • Publishing Web services to the UDDI registry
  • Finding Web services in the UDDI registry
  • UDDI4J
• Course Summary

Audience

This course is intended for Java application developers who are interested in learning how to implement J2EE Web services using SOAP, WSDL and UDDI with IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V6. Prior experience developing Web services is not required.

Objectives

After completing this course, students should be able to:

• Identify the components of a SOAP and WSDL message
• Publish and find Web services in a UDDI registry
• Generate Web services from a JavaBean or WSDL document using the Web services wizard
• Generate a Web service client from a WSDL document using the Web services wizard
• Debug and monitor Web services using the TCP/IP Monitor
• Configure Web services using the Web services deployment descriptor

Prerequisites

Students must have experience developing Java applications using IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V6 prior to attending this class. To obtain the necessary prerequisite knowledge of Java and IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V6, students can attend course SW244 - Introduction to Java using IBM Rational Application Developer V6.

Duration

2 days.