Assembling a WAR file that is enabled for Web services from Java code

You can assemble a WAR file that is enabled for Web services from Java code with an assembly tool.

You can assemble Java-based Web services modules with assembly tools provided with WebSphere Application Server. You need the following artifacts that are generated by the WSDL2Java command-line tool to complete this task:

• An assembled WAR file that contains the web.xml file, but is not enabled for Web services.

• The Java class for the service endpoint interface

• A Web Services Description Language (WSDL) file

• The complete webservices.xml,ibm-webservices-bnd.xmi, and ibm-webservices-ext.xmi deployment descriptors, and the Java API for XML-based remote procedure call (JAX-RPC) mapping file classes that are generated by the WSDL2Java command.

Overview

Assemble a Web services-enabled WAR file from Java code by following the actions in the steps for this task section.

Procedure

1. Start an assembly tool. See "Starting WebSphere Application Server Toolkit" in the Application Server Toolkit documentation for more information.

2. If you have not done so already, configure the assembly tool so that it works on J2EE modules. You need to make sure that the J2EE and Web categories are enabled. See "Configuring WebSphere Application Server Toolkit" in the Application Server Toolkit documentation for more information.

3. Import the JavaBeans implementation and the artifacts generated by the command-line tooling into the assembly tool.

4. Migrate WAR files created with the Assembly Toolkit, Application Assembly Tool (AAT) or a different tool to an Application Server Toolkit or Rational Application Developer assembly tool. To migrate files, import your WAR files to the assembly tool. See "Migrating code artifacts to an assembly tool" in the Application Server Toolkit documentation.

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