JD Edwards EnterpriseOne as a Web Service Consumer

As a web service consumer, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne calls an external web service from within the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne business logic layer. An action that uses a business function occurs in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne. The business function calls a business service. The business service calls an external web service. A web service proxy is provided end point and security information for the external web service. The external web service returns the results of the call to the business service. The business service passes the results to the business function.

You also can call external services using XML over HTTP when a web service is not available.