Detailed Topic List

Introduction to the Course

• Java Web Services Programming
• Legal Information
• Java Web Services Programming
• Introductions
• Course Description
• Course Objectives

Introduction to Web Services

• Introduction to Web Services
• What are Web Services?
• Benefits of Web Services
• Web Services Challenges
• Service Oriented Architectures
• What is SOAP?
• Example SOAP Message
• Example RPC Response
• What is WSDL?
• Example WSDL
• Example WSDL, cont'd
• Example WSDL, cont'd
• What is UDDI?
• Using UDDI
• Java APIs for Web Services
• Toolkits for Web Services
• Chapter Summary

XML Overview

• XML Overview
• What is XML?
• Why Use XML?
• Basic XML Syntax Rules
• Sample XML Content
• More Sample XML Content
• Name Ambiguity
• One Solution
• Introduction to XML Namespaces
• Namespace Syntax
• Content with Multiple Namespaces
• Defining a Default Namespace
• Well Formed Versus Valid
• Introducing XML Schema
• A Sample Schema
• Simple Types vs Complex Types
• Sample Built-in Simple Types
• Defining a New Simple Type
• Defining Complex Types
• Compositors
• Defining Elements
• Element Occurrence Constraints
• Defining Attributes
• Attribute Occurrence
• Writing an XML Application
• SAX vs DOM
• Introduction to DOM
• DOM Interfaces
• Sample XML Content
• Objects in the DOM Tree for Sample
• Steps for Using DOM
• DOM Sample Program
• DOM Sample Program. cont'd
• Introduction to SAX
• SAX Interfaces and Classes
• Steps for Using SAX
• SAX Sample Program
• SAX Sample Program, cont'd
• SAX Sample Program, cont'd
• SAX Sample Program, cont'd
• Chapter Summary

SOAP Fundamentals

• SOAP Fundamentals
• What is SOAP?
• History of SOAP
• SOAP and the W3C
• SOAP 1.1 vs SOAP 1.2
• Structure of a SOAP Message
• SOAP Messages and Namespaces
• SOAP Message Exchange
• Introduction to SOAP RPC
• SOAP RPC Fundamentals
• SOAP RPC Fundamentals, cont'd
• Sample SOAP 1.1 RPC Request
• Sample SOAP 1.1 RPC Response
• Sample SOAP 1.2 RPC Request
• Sample SOAP 1.2 RPC Response
• Introduction to SOAP RPC Encoding
• Encoded RPC Request
• Literal RPC Request
• SOAP and Complex Types
• Object Graphs
• Intro to SOAP Document Exchange
• Sample SOAP 1.2 Document Exchange
• SOAP Attachments
• Introduction to SOAP Protocol Binding
• Sample SOAP 1.1 HTTP Request
• Sample SOAP 1.1. HTTP Response
• Sample SOAP 1.2 HTTP Request
• Sample SOAP 1.2 HTTP Response
• SOAP Faults
• Example SOAP 1.1 Fault
• Example SOAP 1.2 Fault
• SOAP Message Path
• SOAP Intermediaries and Headers
• Chapter Summary

Introduction to JAX-RPC

• Introduction to JAX-RPC
• XML RPC vs XML Messaging
• What is JAX-RPC?
• JAX-RPC Implementations
• Why Remote Procedure Calls?
• History of RPC
• JAX-RPC and SOAP
• Stubs versus DII
• JAX-RPC Architecture
• What is a Stub?
• Related Specifications
• Chapter Summary

WSDL Fundamentals

• WSDL Fundamentals
• What is an Interface Definition Language?
• What is WSDL?
• WSDL and Service Oriented Architectures
• History of WSDL
• Creating WSDL
• Using WSDL
• Structure of a WSDL Document
• Structure of a WSDL Document, cont'd
• Abstract versus Concrete WSDL
• The Definitions Element
• The Types Section
• The Messages Section
• The PortType Section
• The Bindings Section
• The Bindings Section, cont'd
• The Bindings Section, cont'd
• The Service Section
• Factoring WSDL
• Using WSDL with UDDI
• Other Description Languages: WS-Policy
• Chapter Summary

Developing a JAX-RPC Service

• Developing a JAX-RPC Service
• JAX-RPC Fundamentals
• Service Programming Model
• The Service Endpoint Interface
• The Service Endpoint Class
• The Service Endpoint Class Lifecycle
• The ServletEndpointContext
• Mapping to/from XML
• Java Primitives and Standard Types
• Java Types, Cont'd
• Arrays
• Value Types
• Value Type Example
• Object Graphs
• Input, Output and Input/Output Parameters
• Parameters, cont'd
• Parameters, cont'd
• Parameters, cont'd
• SOAP Faults
• SOAP Faults, cont'd
• SOAP Faults, cont'd
• JAX-RPC Handlers
• Writing a Handler
• Writing a Handler, cont'd
• Writing a Handler, cont'd
• Writing a Handler, cont'd
• Attachments
• Development Strategies
• Chapter Summary

Writing a JAX-RPC Client

• Writing a JAX-RPC Client
• Types of JAX-RPC Clients
• Static Stubs
• JAX-RPC Stub API
• Standard Stub Properties
• Retrieving a Static Stub Reference
• Calling SEI Methods on the Stub
• Static Stub Example
• Setting Properties
• Dynamic Stubs
• Dynamic Proxy Example
• Dynamic Proxy Example, cont'd
• Dynamic Proxy Example, cont'd
• The Dynamic Invocation Interface
• The DII API
• The DII API, cont'd
• DII Example
• DII Example, cont'd
• DII Example, cont'd
• Client-Side Handlers
• Chapter Summary

Document Oriented SOAP

• Document-Oriented SOAP
• Document-Oriented versus RPC
• Document-Oriented Java APIs
• Data Binding versus Raw XML
• The SAAJ API
• The SAAJ API
• SAAJ SOAPElement
• SAAJ Example: Building a Message
• SAAJ Example: Processing a Message
• Using DOM
• Introduction to JAX-B
• Introduction to Apache XMLBeans
• Design By Contract
• Chapter Summary 

EJBs for Web Services

• EJB for Web Services
• What is a JavaBean?
• The EJB Architecture
• The EJB Architecture: The Big Picture
• Using EJBs for Web Services
• What is a Container?
• Container Vendors and Implementations
• EJB Types
• Remote Interfaces
• The EJB Object and Bean Implementation
• The Home
• Development Steps for a Hello World EJB
• Hello World Remote Interface
• Hello World Home Interface
• Hello World Bean Implementation
• Hello World Bean Implementation, cont'd
• Hello World Bean Implementation, cont'd  
• Hello World Deployment Descriptor
• Creating the EJB JAR
• Creating the Enterprise Archive
• Deploying the Hello World EJB
• Chapter Summary

Web Services for J2EE

• Web Services for J2EE
• What is Web Services for J2EE?
• WSEE Highlights
• Servlet Endpoint Deployment Model
• Stateless Session EJB Deployment Model
• Server Deployment Descriptor: Servlet
• Server Deployment Descriptor: EJB
• Client Deployment Descriptor
• Managed Client Architecture
• Example Managed Client
• Chapter Summary

UDDI Fundamentals

• UDDI Fundamentals
• What is UDDI?
• UDDI History
• UDDI and SOA
• Public and Private Registries
• The Universal Business Registry
• Invoking UDDI
• UDDI Taxonomies
• UDDI Information Model
• The BusinessEntity
• The BusinessService
• The BindingTemplate and tModel
• Integrating UDDI and WSDL
• UDDI Publishing API
• Sample UDDI Publishing Message
• UDDI Inquiry API
• Sample UDDI Inquiry Message
• Accessing UDDI From Java
• Writing Dynamic Service Requesters
• Chapter Summary

Web Services Security

• Web Services Security
• Security Fundamentals
• Message Integrity
• Message Confidentiality
• Encryption Fundamentals
• PKI Fundamentals
• Using PKI for Confidentiality
• Using PKI for Authentication
• Message Digests
• Signed Message Digests
• Digital Certificates
• Web Service Security Issues
• XML Security Standards
• SOAP Message Signing and Encryption Issues
• WS-Security
• Canonical XML
• XML Signature
• Signed Message Body Example
• XML Encryption
• Encrypted Body Example
• Encrypted Body Example, cont'd
• Outstanding Issues
• Chapter Summary