Before you begin
WebSphere Application Server provides command-line tools to develop Web services clients and implementations that are based on the Web Services for Java 2 platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) specification. WebSphere Application Server also includes the Assembly Toolkit that can be downloaded from the Web site http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&context=SSEQTP&q=ASTK&uid= swg24005125&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en+en. The Assembly Toolkit replaces the Application Assembly Tool (AAT). It is one of the tools available with the Application Server Toolkit product.Websphere Studio Application Developer also has GUI-based development tools to develop Web services that integrate with Websphere Application Server.
Before you can set up a Web services development and unmanaged client execution environment within WebSphere Application Server, you must install WebSphere Application Server.
Why and when to perform this task
To set up a Web services development and unmanaged client execution environment:Steps for this task
Linux and UNIX-based platforms source the script to the parent shell to inherit the exported variables by running this command:
. ./setupCmdLine.sh (Notice the space between the periods.)
On Windows platforms:
set PATH=%WAS_PATH%;%PATH%On Linux and UNIX:
export PATH=$WAS_PATH:$PATH
What to do next
Develop Web services based on Web Services for J2EE.