Creating SOAP Web Services

JDeveloper's Create Web Service wizard makes it easy to generate and publish a SOAP web service. You can create a web service from:

a simple Java class
an Enterprise JavaBean (stateless and stateful session beans, and entity beans). You must use the remote interface of the EJB
an ADF Business Components (formerly BC4J) module wrapped as a stateless EJB

Note: You should create a connection to your SOAP server before proceeding.

To create a web service:

In the navigator, select the project containing the Java class or EJB from which you want to create a web service.
Choose File | New to open the New Gallery.
In the Categories list, expand Business Tier and select Web Services.
In the Items list, double-click Java Web Service to launch the Create Web Service wizard.
For detailed help about completing the wizard, press F1 or click Help from within the wizard.

The files to implement the web service are added to the navigator. For more information about the generated files, see Generated Web Services Files.

Now that you have created the deployment information for your web service, the next stage is to deploy the files you have generated. For more information, see Deploying Web Services .

After you have deployed the service, you must register the web service so that it is available for use.