Tools for Deploying Web Services

Deploying a Web service involves installing and configuring the implementation components on an application server. Therefore, the first task is to install and configure an application server to host the Web services, and to install the SOAP runtime and any components that it requires. In Apache SOAP, Web services are deployed as part of a Web application. A Web application must therefore be created and configured with SOAP runtime components, which for Apache SOAP are router servlets. In addition to the implementation components, a deployment descriptor must be created and added to the configuration. The deployment descriptor forms the link between the SOAP request message and the implementation component. The ...

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