Chapter 11. Implementing EJB 3 Web Services
Web service technology is a huge and evolving topic with numerous specifications. In this chapter we just scratch the surface and focus on how to expose a Java application and a session bean as a web service, and how to invoke a web service from a Java client. In this chapter we will cover the following topics:
Overview of web service concepts
Exposing a Java application as a web service
The Web Service Definition Language (WSDL)
The GlassFish wsgen tool
Exposing a session bean as a web service
Overview of Web Service Concepts
The idea behind web services is to expose an application as a service for clients over the web independently of the application and clients' execution environments. The application may ...
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