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. This topic explains how to set up your development and unmanaged client run environment in order to start the development process with these tools.
Before you begin
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
Set up a Web services development and thin client environment by following the listed actions:Steps for this task
The thin application client provides the necessary run-time to support the communication needs between the client and the server.
Or, you can set WAS_USER_SCRIPT to install_root\profiles\<application_server>\bin\setupCmdLine.bat, which has the same effect as running the setupCmdLine command.
. ./setupCmdLine.sh (Notice the space between the periods.)from the/install_root/profiles/<application_server>/bin directory or . /install_root/profiles/<application_server>/bin/setupCmdLine.sh, if the command is executed from anywhere else.
set PATH=%WAS_PATH%;%PATH%On UNIX:
export PATH=$WAS_PATH:$PATH
Result
You have set up a development and unmanaged client run-time environment so that you can develop Web services. If you you get a NullPointerException error when the HTTP basic authentication fails, you can fix the problem by including <JAVA_HOME>\jre\lib\ext in the classpath at the command-line, or by manually editing it at WAS_EXT_DIRS.What to do next
Develop Web services. This topic is a good starting point in learning about how to develop a J2EE Web service.Related concepts
Accessing the Samples (Samples Gallery)
Related tasks
Task overview: Installing
Developing Web services applications
Related reference
Web services: Resources for learning