Web Service Perspective
The Web service perspective offers a single starting point for creating and consuming Web services. Using the double-click function or by selecting the context menu, you can trigger the relevant development activities (create, edit, and so on) and start the appropriate editors of the Web service toolset.
To open the Web service perspective, choose Window → Open Perspective → Web Services.
This graphic shows an excerpt from the Web Service Perspective with the EJB Explorer, the Java Explorer, the Client Explorer, and the Web Service Navigator.
In the EJB and Java Explorer, you will see the Web service end points, Enterprise JavaBeans and Java classes, and all the objects that are required for creating a Web service. These include: virtual interfaces, Web service definitions, deployment descriptors, module projects, and EAR projects. Interfaces for Java classes are not displayed in the Java Explorer, since they do not represent endpoints for Web services.
Switch to the Web service perspective to make JavaBeans and Java classes that were created in the J2EE Explorer available as a Web service, or to include Web services in applications.
In the Client Explorer, you can generate proxies for your Web service client application. The development environment supports you when you create the appropriate projects (Deployable/Standalone Proxy Project)
If you choose Show DC Projects only in the menu of the Explorer, the system will display only those objects that were assigned to DC projects. For more information, refer to the section The Development Process.
See also:
Creating a Web Service for an Enterprise JavaBean
Creating a Web Service for a Java Class