Web and Enterprise Mashups for Web Services and Data

Here is how a new mashup Web Service can be created with the AquaLogic tool:

1. Launch the Server and the Data Services Studio.
2. Create a new project and a "physical" folder.
3. Right-click and choose to add a new Physical Data Source.



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4. On the wizard dialogm you can choose from a variety of data sources, including Web Wervices, Java Functions, relational databases, and so forth. The tool does not support RSS feeds, yet.

   
   
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   For the purposes of this article, I have chosen an existing Web Service.

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   After selecting the data source, Data Services Studio will read the WSDL and present available methods to call.

   
   
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5. After choosing the methods to be used in a mashup, AquaLogic will auto generate all the necessary logic to call the service.

   
   
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This article was originally published on June 26, 2008