Troubleshooting web services
Learn about ways that you can troubleshoot web services applications.
About this task
You can learn how to troubleshoot during different steps of the development, assembly, deployment, and security processes of a web service. Select the web services topic area that you want to troubleshoot:
Procedure
- Command-line
tools
This topic provides information on troubleshooting the WSDL2Java command-line tool and the Java2WSDL command-line tool.
- Java compiler errors
This topic discusses troubleshooting compiled bindings of web services.
- Serialization
or deserialization errors
This topic presents problems you might encounter performing serialization and deserialization in web services.
- Authentication
challenges and authorization failures with Web Services Security
This topic discusses troubleshooting authentication and authorization when you are securing web services.
Subtopics
Directory conventions
References in product information to app_server_root, profile_root, and other directories imply specific default directory locations. Become familiar with the conventions in use for WebSphere® Application Server.Web services command-line tools troubleshooting tips
Use these tips to troubleshoot WSDL2Java and Java2WSDL command-line tools that are used when you develop Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC) web services.Web services compiled bindings troubleshooting tips
Use these tips to troubleshoot compiled bindings of Web services that are developed and implemented based on Java programming models.Web services client runtime troubleshooting tips
Use these tips to troubleshoot web services clients.Web services serialization and deserialization troubleshooting tips
Use these tips to troubleshoot problems that you can have when you perform serialization and deserialization in web services.Web services authentication, authorization and secure transport troubleshooting tips
Web services are developed and implemented based on the Web Services for Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) specification. The are several troubleshooting authentication and authorization considerations when you are securing web services.Application client SOAP request troubleshooting tips
Use this information to diagnose and troubleshoot problems with clients sending SOAP requests.Universal Discovery, Description, and Integration, web service, and SOAP component troubleshooting tips
Use this information if you are having problems deploying or running applications that use WebSphere Application Server Web services, Universal Discovery, Description, and Integration (UDDI), or SOAP components.Tracing web services
You can trace the web services runtime components, including an unmanaged client, a managed client and a server application. The procedure entry and exit, as well as the processing actions are traceable in the runtime components. You can also trace user-defined exceptions and SOAP messages that use Java Message Service (JMS) or HTTP to request web services.Tracing SOAP messages with tcpmon
You can trace SOAP messages that request web services by using the tcpmon tool.Frequently asked questions about web services
This topic presents frequently asked questions about the development and implementation of web services.Web Services Security troubleshooting tips
To troubleshoot Web Services Security, review the configurations with assembly tools to match the client and server request and the response configurations.


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