Methods of creating Web services and clients

Web services and clients can be created by various methods such as annotations, Ant tasks, or web services wizards.

The following tables outline the various methods of creating web services and clients, sorted by the type of artifact you are using to create the service or client.

Table 1. Web services created from Java™ beans
  JAX-WS
WebSphere® Application Server V7.0 or later
  • Web services wizard
  • Annotations
  • Ant task
WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5 Liberty
  • Web services wizard
  • Annotations
  • Ant task
Table 2. Web services created from EJB v2.x enterprise beans
  JAX-WS
WebSphere Application Server V7.0 or later
  • Not supported
WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5 Liberty
  • Not supported
Table 3. Web services created from EJB 3.x enterprise beans
  JAX-WS
WebSphere Application Server V7.0 or later
  • Annotations
WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5 Liberty
  • Annotations
Table 4. Web services created from WSDL files
  JAX-WS
WebSphere Application Server V7.0 or later
  • Web services wizard
  • Ant task
WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5 Liberty
  • Web services wizard
  • Ant task
Table 5. Web service clients created from WSDL files
  JAX-WS
WebSphere Application Server V7.0 or later
  • Web services wizard
  • Ant task
WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5 Liberty
  • Web services wizard
  • Ant task
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