Chapter 5. Client Design
Web services take the Web client model to the next level. Developers can write far more powerful clients whose interaction with Web services provides a rich client experience. In this environment, client developers need not have control over the server portion of an application, yet they can still write powerful, rich client applications. This chapter focuses on using the Java platform to design and develop Web services-based clients.
Clients can take advantage of Web services to obtain a wide range of functions or services. To a client, a Web service is a black box: The client does not have to know how the service is implemented or even who provides it. The client primarily cares about the functionality—the service—provided ...
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