Module deployment properties

In WebSphere Integration Developer, you can use the new module deployment editor to specify and retain changes to module deployment properties in deployment descriptor files. In this release, you are limited to changing WS-Security module deployment properties for Web services exports and imports.

Editing module deployment properties is a task that is best suited to advanced users of WebSphere Integration Developer. This is especially true of module deployment properties that relate to Web services security, which requires a solid understanding of the OASIS Web Services Security (WS-Security) specification.

To work with the module deployment editor, you should be familiar with the Rational Application Developer tools that are used to manage properties in the deployment descriptor files, such as the Web services editor and the EJB deployment descriptor editor. However, you can successfully use the module deployment editor with only a basic understanding of modules and Web services exports and imports.

When you use the module deployment editor to change the deployment properties for a module, your changes are saved to an XML deployment side file named ibm-deploy.scaj2ee that resides directly under your module in the Physical Resources view of the Business Integration perspective. The side file automatically updates the module deployment properties in the deployment descriptor files whenever your deploy code is regenerated during a build. This ensures that your changes are retained even though the deploy code is periodically regenerated.

The deployment side file contains the name and relative folder location of any Web services imports. If you choose to rename or move an import, the name and folder location of the import is automatically refactored in the deployment side file. Note, however, that the deployment side file does not contain the name and relative folder location of Web services exports. Therefore, if you choose to rename or move an export, the deployment side file is not refactored.

Although the module deployment editor documentation provides basic information on using the editor to manage module deployment properties, detailed information on managing Web services and their deployment properties is found in the IBM redbook WebSphere Version 6 Web Services Handbook - Development and Deployment (SG246461), which is available at the following IBM Redbooks site: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com

Related concepts
WS-Security specification
Related tasks
Opening the module deployment editor
Editing WS-Security properties
Implementing authentication
Related reference
Module deployment editor

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