Building REST and SOAP Web Services with Java Training

XML essentials

• XML namespaces
• Describing XML with schema

Structure of SOAP messages

• Role of SOAP in web services
• Operations, messages and faults

Anatomy of a WSDL document

• Defining the interfaces of a web service
• Specifying implementation

Exposing plain old Java objects (POJOs) as web services

• Applying JAX–WS annotations to POJOs
• Configuring and deploying a web service implementation

Implementing SOAP clients in Java

• Generating client–side artifacts from WSDL
• Modifying client code to permit message monitoring
• Authenticating and authorizing clients

Augmenting SOAP–based services

• Incorporating best practices for web services
• Implementing policies for security, reliability and message optimization

Contract–first service development

• Comparing contract–first and code–first services
• Creating portable Java artifacts

Importing a WSDL document

• Building interoperable applications by conforming to Web Services Interoperability (WS–I) standards
• Implementing a web service endpoint using JAX–WS

Introduction to REST (Representational State Transfer)

• Describing the REST architectural style
• Comparing SOAP and RESTful web services

Developing RESTful web services using JAX–RS

• Adding JAX–RS annotations to a POJO
• Configuring result types using HTTP request headers
• Deploying a JAX–WS service

Customizing a RESTful Service Implementation

• Interacting with request URLs
• Mapping URLs to Java classes and methods
• Binding URL components to method arguments

Handling JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)

• Applying cases for JSON with RESTful services
• Interpreting a message formatted as JSON

Mapping Java to JSON

• Controlling JSON generation with JAXB annotations
• Defining a JSON return type from a Java method

Dispatching REST messages using JAX–RS

• Building the client’s request
• Handling the service’s response code and exceptions

Marshalling JavaBeans with JAXB

• Mapping XML with Java API for XML Binding (JAXB)
• Converting Java arguments with JAXB and JAX–RS

Processing asynchronous messages

• Implementing server–push with JAX–RS
• Delivering asynchronous client requests

Configuring a secure web service

• Configuring HTTP Basic Authentication
• Establishing secure message transmission with SSL/TLS

Authenticating and authorizing clients

• Controlling access to web services and methods
• Providing authentication information to web services