How to Use This Tutorial

The Java Web Services Tutorial is an adjunct to the J2EE Tutorial. To use it, you must first:

Download and install the Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 8 Update 1 release (hereafter called the Application Server), which you will use as your Web container. You get to the download link for this software from the http://java.sun.com/webservices/containers/ page.

Download and install the Java WSDP software. The Java WSDP installer will integrate the Java WSDP component technologies into the Application Server that you are using as your Web container. You can download this software from http://java.sun.com/webservices/downloads/webservicespack.html.

If you are reading this online, you can download and install a local copy of this tutorial, which you can get from http://java.sun.com/webservices/downloads/webservicestutorial.html. All of the examples for this tutorial are installed with the Java WSDP bundle and can be found in the subdirectories of the <JWSDP_HOME>/<technology>/samples directories, where JWSDP_HOME is the directory where you installed Java WSDP.

Download and install the Update 2 version of the J2EE 1.4 Tutorial, which works with Sun Java System Application Server 8 Update 1 that you downloaded in step 1. Get this version of the tutorial from http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/download.html#tutorial, where it is listed as the second of the two tutorial downloads.

The Java Web Services Tutorial addresses the following technology areas, which are not covered in the J2EE Tutorial:

The Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB)

XML and Web Services Security (XWS Security)

XML Digital Signature

The Java WSDP Registry Server

The Registry Browser

Java WSDP technology areas that are not covered in the Java Web Services Tutorial are addressed in the J2EE Tutorial, which opens with three introductory chapters that you should read before proceeding to any specific technology area. Java WSDP users should first look at Chapters 2 and 3, which cover XML basics and getting started with Web applications.

When you have digested the basics, you can delve into one or more of the following main XML technology areas:

The Java XML chapters cover the technologies for developing applications that process XML documents and implement Web services components:

The Java API for XML Processing (JAXP)

The Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC)

SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ)

The Java API for XML Registries (JAXR)

The Web-tier technology chapters cover the components used in developing the presentation layer of a J2EE or stand-alone Web application:

Java Servlet

JavaServer Pages (JSP)

JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL)

JavaServer Faces

Web application internationalization and localization

The platform services chapters cover system services used by all J2EE component technologies. Java WSDP users should look at the Web-tier section of the Security chapter.

After you have become familiar with some of the technology areas, you are ready to tackle a case study, which ties together several of the technologies discussed in the tutorial. The Coffee Break Application (Chapter 35) describes an application that uses the Web application and Web services APIs.

Finally, the following appendixes contain auxiliary information helpful to the Web Services application developer:

Java encoding schemes (Appendix A)

XML Standards (Appendix B)

HTTP overview (Appendix C)

All of the material in The Java(TM) Web Services Tutorial is copyright-protected and may not be published in other works without express written permission from Sun Microsystems.