Overview -- 22 September 2003
IBM WebSphere Software Developer Kit for Web Services V5.1 (WSDK V5.1) is an
integrated kit for creating, discovering, invoking, and testing Web services.
WSDK V5.1 has replaced Version 5.0.1.
WSDK V5.1 is designed to address the needs of experienced Java programmers
who want to quickly learn how Web services can be created using existing Java
components and achieve seamless integration with disparate systems. WSDK V5.1
can be used with the
Eclipse IDE. Eclipse provides a graphical interactive development
environment, which provides tools for building and testing Java applications.
WSDK V5.1 adds to the standard Eclipse package with tools relating to Web
services, making it more
straightforward to build Web services. To make use of the new WSDK
Eclipse-based graphical interface to Web services tools in V5.1, you need
Eclipse installed on your workstation. The required level of Eclipse is
V2.1.1. The Eclipse package can be
freely downloaded from the Eclipse Web site. Please see the Installation
guide for more details.
The WSDK combines the industry-leading expertise of IBM in Web services with
the power and functionality of the market leading IBM WebSphere Application
Server and Eclipse plug-ins to offer a low-risk, affordable entry to Web
services. WSDK V5.1
enables developers to create and test Web services that conform to the Final
Approved Basic Profile 1.0 of the Web Services Interoperability Organization
(www.ws-i.org/).
Supporting the latest specifications for Web services including WS-Security,
SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI, WSDK V5.1 enables you to build and test Web services
that can be extended and integrated using IBM WebSphere Studio V5.1, and
deployed on
industry-leading IBM WebSphere Application Server V5.0.2.
WSDK V5.1 supports the following key capabilities and benefits:
Ready to go
* Provides the tools necessary to create and test Web services in a
tightly integrated package including a simplified Web application server,
tools, Eclipse plug-ins, documentation, and sample applications.
* Interoperates with other vendors' implementations -- a specific sample
is provided for Microsoft .NET clients.
* Conforms to the WS-I organization's Final Approved Basic Profile 1.0.
Easy to use
* Delivers an out-of-the-box solution with quick installation for
building and testing Web services.
* Simple integrated tools speed the creation and testing of Web services,
including hot deployment to the application server.
* Web Services Tools integrated with the Eclipse IDE.
* Provides comprehensive documentation, tutorials, and an online
newsgroup.
Migration-ready
* Migration is available to enterprise-scale deployment with IBM
WebSphere products.
* Upward compatible from WSDK V5.0 and V5.0.1
Components
The following components are included in WSDK V5.1:
* An embedded version of IBM WebSphere Application Server - Express
V5.0.2, with additional support for ORB and EJBs
* Support for SOAP 1.1, WSDL 1.1, UDDI 2.0, JAX-RPC 1.0, EJB 2.0,
Enterprise Web Services 1.0 (JSR 109), WSDL4J, UDDI4J, and WS-Security
* IBM WebSphere UDDI v2.0 registry
* An entry-level database providing a JDBC implementation
* IBM SDK for Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) Technology, version 1.3.1
* Eclipse plug-ins to expose JavaBeans and stateless session EJBs as Web
services, to enable browsing for Web services in UDDI registries, to create
Web services from WSDL definitions, and to publish and unpublish Web services
to a UDDI registry
* Command line tools to expose JavaBeans and stateless session EJBs as
Web services, to create Web services from WSDL definitions, and to publish
and unpublish Web services to a UDDI registry
* Samples showing how to:
o expose JavaBeans and stateless session EJBs as Web services
o create Web services from WSDL definitions
o publish, unpublish and lookup Web services using UDDI
o create secure Web services using the WS-Security specification
* Information on how to use a Supply Chain Management Sample that is WS-I
conformant
* Comprehensive documentation including Web services concepts, developer
tasks, and reference materials
New in WSDK V5.1
WSDK V5.1 provides several new facilities:
* Improved ease of use through an Eclipse-based interface to Web services
tools. WSDK 5.1 provides Web services tools in the form of Eclipse plug-ins
as well as the command-line form present in WSDK 5.0.1. This will allow
developers who are
familiar with building their Java applications using Eclipse to continue
using the Eclipse environment when using WSDK to build and deploy Web
services.
* Conformance to the Final Approved WS-I Basic Profile 1.0.
* A Supply Chain Management Sample that conforms to the Final Approved
WS-I Basic Profile 1.0. This demonstrates usage patterns as described with
the WS-I Usage Scenarios document and implements the architecture described
in the WS-I Supply Chain
Management Sample Architecture document.
* Full compatibility with IBM's WebSphere Studio family, providing a
smooth transition for users migrating from WSDK to WebSphere Studio
Application Developer.
* Full support for Split WSDL Documents.
* A new WSDL2Client Tool, to create client-side only components for a Web
service.
* Improved installation using InstallShield Multiplatform V5.0.
In addition WSDK V5.1 is based on WebSphere Application Server V5.0.2, which
integrates Web services infrastructure previously available in the Web
Services Technology Preview.
Please check our FAQs here for any late-breaking news or troubleshooting
information.
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