Web Services

OVERVIEW

Building Strategic Influence in Matrix Organizations

With our Web Services course, you will learn the differences between SOAP-based and REST-style services, as well as why both approaches are considered superior to distributed-object architecture, such as Java EE and .NET frameworks.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Why you shouldn't miss this course

By the end of this course, participants will have the leadership toolkit to shape and steer GenAI portfolios across their organization.

01Define a web service

02Deploy a web service within Apache Axis

03Understand the SOAP protocol

04Understand SOAP messages passed between server and client

05Create, read and understand the Web Services Description Language files

06Working with Web service stubs for both Java and non Java based services

07Understand where Web services fit in the Java EE framework

08Understand Web service security

09Identify best practices for Web service development

10Understand alternative architectures such as REST for Web services

PREREQUISITES

Recommended experience

CURRICULUM

Structured for
Strategic Application

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

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

Overview of WSDL
Understanding WSDL services and Ports
Bindings
Messages
Schema

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

Message exchange Patterns
Parameter passing modes
One-way Messaging

Exception handling
SOAP faults
Asynchronous Web methods

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

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

Overview of Java Enterprise Edition
Example Java EE application
The role of 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

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

RECOMMENDED PARTICIPANT SETUP

This course follows Cognixia's AI-first,
hands-on learning model

Access to sanitized process maps, KPI definitions, candidate initiative lists, and basic cost baselines (time, cycle time, error or rework rates)

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