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iWay Explorer provides Web developers with a simple, consistent mechanism for extending the capabilities of the adapter. The iWay Business Services Provider exposes functionality as Web services. It serves as a gateway to heterogeneous back-end applications and databases.
A Web service is a self-contained, modularized function that can be published and accessed across a network using open standards. It is the implementation of an interface by a component and is an executable entity. For the caller or sender, a Web service can be considered as a "black box" that may require input and delivers a result. A Web service integrates within an enterprise as well as across enterprises on any communication technology stack, whether asynchronous or synchronous, in any format.
Note: In a J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA) implementation of iWay adapters, Web services are not available. When the adapters are deployed to use the iWay Connector for JCA, the Common Client Interface provides integration services using the iWay adapters. For more information, see the iWay Installation and Configuration manual and the iWay Connector for JCA User's Guide.
The Create Web Service information appears in the right pane.
Type the following parameters:
Another dialog box with the Method Name and Description fields opens.
iWay Explorer switches the view to the iWay Business Services tab, and the new business service appears in the left pane.
After a business service is created, test it to ensure that it functions properly. iWay provides a test tool for testing the business service.
The business service name appears as a link in the right pane.
The test option appears in the right pane. This pane provides a text field in which to paste the XML input or browse to a file that can be uploaded. Below the text field is the browse field and three action buttons.
The result appears in the right pane.
Generating Web Services Description Language (WSDL) from a Web service enables you to make the Web service available to other services within a host server.
The link for the service appears in the right pane.
Note: The file extension must be .wsdl.
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