Preface

This guide describes Oracle Application Server Web Services.

This preface contains these topics:

• Intended Audience

• Documentation Accessibility

• Organization

• Related Documentation

• Conventions

Intended Audience

Oracle Application Server Web Services Developer's Guide is intended for application programmers, system administrators, and other users who perform the following tasks:

• Configure software installed on the Oracle Application Server.

• Create programs that implement Web Services

• Create programs that run as Web Services clients

To use this document, you need a working knowledge of Java programming language fundamentals.

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Organization

This document contains:

Chapter 1, "Web Services Overview"

This chapter provides an overview of Oracle Application Server Web Services.

Chapter 2, "Oracle Application Server Web Services"

This chapter describes the Oracle Application Server Web Services features, architecture, and implementation.

Chapter 3, "Developing and Deploying Java Class Web Services"

This chapter describes the procedures you use to write and deploy Oracle Application Server Web Services that are implemented as Java classes.

Chapter 4, "Developing and Deploying EJB Web Services"

This chapter describes the procedures you use to write and deploy Oracle Application Server Web Services that are implemented as stateless session Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs).

Chapter 5, "Developing and Deploying Stored Procedure Web Services"

This chapter describes the procedures you use to write and deploy Oracle Application Server Web Services that are implemented as PL/SQL Stored Procedures or Functions.

Chapter 6, "Developing and Deploying Document Style Web Services"

This chapter describes the procedures you use to write and deploy Document Style Oracle Application Server Web Services implemented as Java classes.

Chapter 7, "Developing and Deploying JMS Web Services"

This chapter describes the procedures you use to write and deploy Oracle Application Server Web Services that expose JMS destinations as Web Services.

Chapter 8, "Building Clients that Use Web Services"

This chapter describes the steps required to build a client application that uses Oracle Application Server Web Services.

Chapter 9, "Web Services Tools"

This chapter describes the Oracle Application Server Web Services assembly tool, WebServicesAssembler, that assists in assembling Oracle Application Server Web Services.

Chapter 10, "Discovering and Publishing Web Services"

This chapter provides a description of the Universal Discovery Description and Integration (UDDI-compliant Web Services registry in which business Web Service providers in an enterprise environment can publish and describe their Web Services.

Chapter 11, "Consuming Web Services in J2EE Applications"

This chapter describes ways to consume Web Services in J2EE applications.

Chapter 12, "Advanced Topics for Web Services"

This chapter describes several advanced Oracle Application Server Web Services topics, including untyped request handling options and SOAP header support.

Appendix A, "Using Oracle Application Server SOAP"

This appendix describes Oracle SOAP and covers the differences between Apache SOAP and Oracle SOAP.

Appendix B, "Web Services Security"

This appendix describes the architecture and configuration of security for Oracle Application Server Web Services, including the Oracle Application Server UDDI Registry.

Appendix C, "Troubleshooting OracleAS Web Services"

This appendix provides information on troubleshooting problems with Web services.

Glossary

The glossary contains the Web Services glossary terms and descriptions.

Related Documentation

For more information, see these Oracle resources:

• Overview Guide in the Oracle Application Server 10g Documentation Library.

• Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE User's Guide in the Oracle Application Server 10g Documentation Library.

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Conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual: