Java Web Services Unleashed

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By Robert Brunner, Frank Cohen, Francisco Curbera, Darren Govoni, Steve Haines, Matthias Kloppmann, Ben Marchal, Scott Morrison, Arthur Ryman, Joe Weber, and Mark Wutka

Introduction

I. Introduction to Web Services

1. What Are Web Services?

B2B Means A2A
Bringing All the Pieces Together
Ideology Wars Without Just One Winner
Changing Businesses Everywhere
What Are Web Services?
The Impact of Web Service Technologies
Summary

2. The Internet and Web Services: Changing Business

A New Old Thing
Metamodeling Your Business
The Technical Appeal of Web Services
Business Roles
Effects on Business Models
The Business Case
Business Directions and Perspectives
Summary

3. Becoming a Web Services Provider

Searching for Practical Examples
Web Service Availability
Finding Web Services Applications
Different Web Service Providers
Preparing for the Future
Summary

4. Building Web Services with Java

Web Services Architecture
Java Building Blocks
The Future of Java Web Services
Summary

5. A Simple Java Web Service

The Application
The Web Service Framework
Invoking a SOAP Service
Under the Covers
Generating Web Services
Publishing and Finding Services
Summary

6. Building a JSP Web Service

The Application
Building the Web Service
The ByteGourmet Server
Summary

II. Web Services Tools

7. Understanding SOAP

History of SOAP
SOAP Basics
Messaging Framework
The SOAP Encoding
Transport Option
Summary

8. SOAP Basics

Writing SOAP Nodes
A Simple Web Service: Booking Service
Public Interface: Design Considerations
Apache SOAP for RPC
Summary

9. UDDI

UDDI in Web Services: Why Is It Needed?
Basic UDDI
UDDI Roles
Summary

10. UDDI in Depth

Inquiry: Finding Items
Inquiry: Getting Details
Publishing
Replication
Summary

11. WSDL

Welcome to WSDL
Communication Processes
Types
Messages
Operations
Port Type
Binding
Port
Service
Creating WSDL Documents from a Java Class
Accessing a Web Service via a WSDL Document
Summary

III. The JAX Pack

12. JAXP

XML Components
Simple API for XML (SAX) Parser
Document Object Model (DOM)
XSLT
JAXP and Web Services
Summary

13. JAXB

Prerequisites
JAXB Terminology
Binding an XML Schema to a Class
Using JAXB-Built Classes
Advanced Binding Schemas
Subclassing a Generated Class
Summary

14. JAXR

The Need for a Registry API
Basic JAXR Classes
The JAXR Data Model
Using JAXR
Summary

15. JAXM

Introduction to JAXM
Architecture
Implementation
Basic Steps
Connections
Endpoints
Messages
Tying It All Together
Summary

16. JAX-RPC

Why Another API?
Data Mapping
Service Mapping
Comparing JAX-RPC with Other Distributed Technologies
Summary

IV. Completing Web Services

17. Handling Security in Web Services

Why Is Encryption Important?
Encryption in Java
Using Secure Sockets with SOAP
Encryption in XML
Summary

18. Web Services and Flows (WSFL)

Service Flow and Service Composition
Flow Modeling Concepts
Flows as Compositions of Web Services
Exposing Flows as Web Services
Public and Private Flows
Global Models
References
Summary

19. Web Services Invocation Framework (WSIF)

Time Server Introduction
Apache SOAP Client
WSDL File
WSIF Dynamic Client
The Dynamic Invoker
Java Stub Generation
Summary

V. Implementing Web Services

20. Inventory Management Application

Architecture
A Web Inventory
At the Wholesaler Site
At the Reseller Site
Building and Running the Project
Summary

21. Stock Trading Application-EJB

User Authentication
Application Architecture
SOAP and Enterprise Java Beans
Software Packages
The StockTrading SOAP Object
The Trading Session Bean
Entity Beans
A Test Client
Summary

22. Testing Web Services

Framework for Developing Web services
Test Strategies
Testing Web Services Using TestMaker
New Web Services Technology, New Test Methodology
Scalability and Performance Testing
Building Maintainable Test Agents with TestMaker
Script Languages and Test Agents
Monitoring Web Services for Service Level Guarantees
Resources
Summary

23. Tools for Building Web Services

Overview of Web Services Development Tasks
A Quick Tour of Web Services Tools
Tools for Creating Web Services
Tools for Deploying Web Services
Tools for Testing Web Services
Tools for Publishing Web Services
Tools for Discovering Web Services
Tools for Accessing Web Services
Summary

24. Building Web Services with WebLogic

Web Services in WebLogic
How It Works
Development Lifecycle and Environment
The Curmudgeon
Next Generation Web Services
Resources
Summary

Index