Java Web Services Training Course

Who should attend

Web Developers, Software Architects, Mobile App Developers who need to get a better understanding of Java Web Services "under the bonnet" in order to create and / or consume robust Web Services to power web, mobile and other distributed applications.

Prerequisites

Experience of writing XML and Java code is required - let us know if you need to brush up your skills in these areas.

On-site

If you are interested in custom / on-site Java Web Services training for any size of team, please get in touch – we would be glad to help build a course that meets your learning requirements.

We can take into account your existing technical skills, project requirements and timeframes, and specific topics of interest to tailor the most relevant and focussed course for you.

This can be particularly useful if you need to learn just the new features and Best Practices with REST / SOAP Java Web Services, or need to include extra topics to help with pre-requisite skills

Java Web Services Training Course Content

Web Services Fundamentals

• What is a Web service?
• Overview of SOAP
• Conveying SOAP over HTTP
• RPC vs. Document formatting
• SOAP Encoded vs. Literal serialisation
• The State of Play

Creating and Consuming Web Services

• Creating and Consuming a Web service in Java
• Overview of the Java Web Services Stack (Metro)
• Creating a Java Web service
• Generating a Web service Proxy
• Calling a Web service from a client application

WSDL

• Overview of WSDL
• Understanding WSDL services and Ports
• Bindings
• Messages
• Schema

SOAP Payloads

• Overview of JAXB
• Simple marshalling
• Custom marshalling
• Unmarshalling
• Using JAXB in a Web Service

Web Service Operations

• Message exchange Patterns
• Parameter passing modes
• One-way Messaging

Web Services Techniques

• Exception handling
• SOAP faults
• Asynchronous Web methods

SOAP Handling

• Overview of handlers
• Defining logical handlers
• Defining SOAP handlers
• Accessing transport headers

Binary Payloads

• Overview of binary data and SOAP
• Returning base64-encoded Binary Data
• Specifying the MIME type
• Optimising Binary Data

Web Services in Java Enterprise Applications (Java EE)

• Overview of Java Enterprise Edition
• Example Java EE application
• The role of Web Services

RESTful Web Services

• Overview of RESTful Web services
• Overview of the Java API for XML RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS)
• Creating a RESTful Web Service
• URI path templates
• Accessing additional HTTP info
• RESTful Design Patterns

Optional time-permitting modules:

Contract-First Web Services

• Creating a WSDL contract
• Creating interoperable WSDL
• Generating a Web Service from WSDL

Web Service Security Overview

• Transport-level Security
• Message-level Security
• Overview of WSIT Security
• Common Administration tasks
• Transport-level user authentication

Web Service Security Examples

• Username authentication with Symmetric Keys
• Mutual Certificates Security
• Transport Security (SSL)
• SAML Authorization over SSL

Orchestrating Web Services

• Achieving orchestration with BPEL
• BPEL Control Flow and Compensation
• BPEL - State of the Industry

Enterprise Service Buses (ESB)

• What is an ESB?
• Understanding the role of ESBs in Service Oriented Architecture
• ESB case studies