Packaging and Deploying the Simple Web Service Using J2EE RI deploytool

This section shows how to deploy the simple Web Service to the J2EE RI. You will get the most out of this if you actually perform these steps (but if you're on a train or plane, just read the text and make do).

As usual, start up the PointBase database server and J2EE RI server before starting deploytool.

Creating the Web Service WAR

You will package up the Web Service in a WAR file, so choose File, New, Web Component to create a new one. Click Next to skip the introduction screen and move onto the WAR file creation screen. You will be creating a New Stand-Alone WAR Module so ensure that this option is selected. Next, under WAR Naming, browse to a location in which you wish ...

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