Guide to Building Web Services

The topics in this section provide the detailed information you need to build a sophisticated web service with WebLogic Workshop.

WebLogic Workshop Projects

Explore the structure and content of a WebLogic Workshop project.

Controls: Using Resources from a Web Service

Learn how to use controls to access an enterprise application, database, Enterprise JavaBean, messaging service, or another web service.

Using Asynchrony to Enable Long-Running Operations

Build robust, asynchronous web services to coordinate long-running operations.

Maintaining State with Conversations

Track and maintain application state with conversations.

Handling and Shaping XML Messages with XML Maps

Manipulate incoming and outgoing XML messages to build loosely-coupled web services.

Debugging Web Services

Debug your web services with the WebLogic Workshop integrated debugger.

Documenting Web Services

Document your web services with Javadoc comments.

Security

Learn about security in WebLogic Workshop and how it interacts with WebLogic Server security.

Protocols and Message Formats

Learn about supported protocols and message formats.

Implicit Transactions in WebLogic Workshop

Learn about the implicit transactions that wrap operations in web services created with WebLogic Workshop.

Deployment and Clustering

Deploy web services in a production environment.