Introduction to Web Services with Java

Course Number:  556-JK
Recommended Duration:  3 days

Intended Audience
Experienced Java programmers needing to learn how to create and use Web Services.

Course Overview
Experienced Java developers learn how to create and use Web Services.  There are five hands-on exercises.  Exercises use Sun Java 2 SDK.  Exercises may be accomplished using WebSphere Studio Application Developer or JDeveloper (or other available IDE).

Course appropriate for Java 2.0 (Java 1.4)  Course covers Java 2.0 (aka. Java 1.4), however, most topics and examples also apply to Java 1.1, Java 1.2 and Java 1.3.

Objectives
Participants will learn to use Java to use existing Web Services and to create Web Services for others to use.  Class exercises will use WSDL (Web Services Description Language) and SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) to process Web Services.

Prerequisites
Students must have Java experience or have completed Java Server-Side Programming I or Java Client-Side (GUI) Programming I.  Students also require XML experience, or have completed XML Introduction.

Topics

• Introduction to Web Services

• Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)

• Web Service Description Language (WSDL)

• Web Service client

• Web Service provider

• Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI)

• Publishing a Web Service

• Finding a Web Service

• Using a Web Service