Web Services (New) 

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Following are the new features in the Web services runtime, provisioning, consumption, and configuration.

●      Web services runtime

○       Complete support for configuring Java EE5 Web services and Web service proxies. Introduced is support for WS-Security, WS-RM, transport configuration, creation and editing of services and ports, as well as of HTTP proxy for each proxy.

○       Support for WS-Policy for WSDL documents for Java EE5 Web services

○       Automatic configuration of Web service proxies based on WS-Policy WSDL.

More information about the supported Web service standards: Supported Specifications.

●      Providing and consuming Web services

○       The framework for generating Web service proxies and outside-in Web services provides integrated customizations options for interactive and automatic conflict resolution. More information: Creating Outside-In Web Services, Creating Web Service Proxies, and Global Customizations.

○       During the development of Web services, you can apply design time configuration settings to Web services by using annotations provided by SAP. After the deployment of the Web service, you can finish the configuration by applying runtime configuration settings to the Web service. More information: Configuring Web Services at Design Time.

○       When you create Web services, the JAX-WS Web Services node provides a summary view and a central point of access to the Web service artifacts in your projects in the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio. More information: Viewing Web Service Artifacts.

●      Configuring Web services and Web service clients in the SAP NetWeaver Administrator

○       The SAP NetWeaver Administrator now contains the SOA Management area, which provides the central location for you to configure the Web services in your landscape. The organization of the SOA Management cockpit into Technical Configuration and Business Administration centers is in accord with the roles of the Technical Administrator and Business Administrator relevant for managing the SOA landscape. More information: Configuring Web Services and Web Service Clients in the SAP NetWeaver Administrator.

○       Web Service Logging and Tracing is now also integrated in Web Services Administration. You can view logs and trace records for calls to Web services and from Web service clients also from within the details of proxy or a service definition.