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Contents Preface Documentation Accessibility vi Conventions vi What's New in This Guide New and Changed Features for 12c (12.2.1.x) vii New and Changed Features for 12c (12.2.1) vii New and Changed Features for 12c (12.1.3) vii New and Changed Features for 12c (12.1.2) vii 1 Introducing Oracle WebLogic Web Services Overview of WebLogic Web Services 1-1 How Do I Choose Between SOAP and REST? 1-2 2 Features and Standards Supported by WebLogic Web Services A Note About JAX-WS 2.2 RI/JDK 8.0 Extensions 2-9 Apache XMLBeans 2.0 2-9 Fast Infoset 2-9 Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS) 2-10 Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC) 1.1 2-10 Java API for XML-based Web Services (JAX-WS) 2.2 2-10 Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) 2.2 2-11 JSR 109: Implementing Enterprise Web Services 1.3 2-11 Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0 and 1.1 2-11 Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) Token Profile 1.1 and 1.0 2-12 Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) 1.1 and 1.2 2-12 SOAP Over JMS Transport 1.0 2-13 SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ) 1.3 2-13 Web Application Description Language (WADL) 2009 Membership Submission 2-13 Web Services Addressing (WS-Addressing) 1.0 and 2004/08 Member Submission 2-14 iii Web Services Atomic Transaction (WS-AtomicTransaction) Version 1.2, 1.1, and 1.0 2-14 Web Services Coordination (WS-Coordination) Version 1.2, 1.1, and 1.0 2-14 Web Services Description Language (WSDL) 1.1 2-15 Web Services MakeConnection 1.1 2-16 Web Services Metadata for the Java Platform 2.0 (JSR-181) 2-16 Web Services Policy Attachment (WS-Policy Attachment) 1.5 and 1.2 2-17 Web Services Policy Framework (WS-Policy) 1.5 and 1.2 2-17 Web Services Reliable Messaging (WS-ReliableMessaging) 2-18 Web Services Reliable Messaging Policy Assertion (WS-RM Policy) 2-18 Web Services Secure Conversation Language (WS-SecureConversation) 2-19 Web Services Security (WS-Security) 1.1 and 1.0 2-19 Web Services Security Policy (WS-SecurityPolicy) 1.3 2-20 Web Services Trust Language (WS-Trust) 2-20 Additional Specifications Supported by WebLogic Web Services 2-21 3 Using the Development and Administration Tools Using Oracle IDEs to Develop Web Services 3-1 Using the Administration Tools to Manage, Test, and Monitor WebLogic Web Services 3-1 Using Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control 3-2 Using Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console 3-3 Invoking the Administration Console 3-4 How Web Services Are Displayed In the Administration Console 3-4 Creating a Web Services Security Configuration 3-5 Using the Oracle WebLogic Scripting Tool 3-6 Using Oracle WebLogic Server Ant Tasks 3-6 Setting the Classpath for the WebLogic Ant Tasks 3-8 Differences in Operating System Case Sensitivity When Manipulating WSDL and XML Schema Files 3-9 Using the Java Management Extensions (JMX) 3-9 Using the Java EE Deployment API 3-10 Using Web Services Apache Maven Goals 3-10 4 Roadmap and Related Information Roadmap for Implementing WebLogic Web Services 4-1 WebLogic Web Services Documentation Set 4-2 Related Documentation—WebLogic Server Application Development 4-3 iv 5 Interoperability with Microsoft WCF/.NET Basic Data Types Interoperability Guidelines 5-2 Basic Profile Interoperability Guidelines 5-2 Web Services Reliable Secure Profile Interoperability Guidelines 5-2 WS-Security Interoperability Guidelines 5-2 WS-SecurityPolicy Interoperability Guidelines 5-3 WS-SecureConversation Interoperability Guidelines 5-3 Using SAML Assertions Referenced from SignedInfo 5-4 6 Examples for Java EE Web Service Developers Samples for WebLogic Web Service Developers 6-1 Web Services Samples in the WebLogic Server Distribution 6-1 Avitek Medical Records Application (MedRec) and Tutorials 6-1 Additional Web Services Samples Available for Download 6-2 v Preface Preface This preface describes the document accessibility features and conventions used in this guide—Understanding WebLogic Web Services for Oracle WebLogic Server. 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Conventions The following text conventions are used in this document: Convention Meaning boldface Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary. italic Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values. monospace Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter. vi What's New in This Guide The following topics introduce the new and changed features of WebLogic web services and other significant changes that are described in this guide, and provides pointers to additional information. This document is the new edition of the formerly titled Introducing WebLogic Web Services for Oracle WebLogic Server. New and Changed Features for 12c (12.2.1.x) For Oracle Fusion Middleware 12c (12.2.1.x), this document does not contain any new or changed features. For a comprehensive listing of the new WebLogic Server features introduced in this release, see What's New in Oracle WebLogic Server. New and Changed Features for 12c (12.2.1) Oracle Fusion Middleware 12c (12.2.1) includes the following new and changed features for this document: • Reflects support of the Jersey 2.x Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS) 2.0 Reference Implementation (RI) as the default implementation.