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Introduction: Build a rich Java client that uses a Web service

The graphical user interface (GUI) for the client was mostly prebuilt for you visually using Swing components. In the first module, you will finish laying out the essential GUI components by using the Java visual editor. In the second module, you will bind the GUI components to the Web service data source, services, and objects returned by the data source. When building the application in the Java visual editor, you will use data sources, data objects, and binders, which are instances of helper classes that are generated by the Java visual editor and used by your application.

Learning objectives

In this tutorial, you will learn how the following lessons:

Time required

To complete the entire tutorial, you will need approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes.

System requirements

The sample Web service may run on other servers, but this tutorial has only been tested with WebSphere Application Server v6.0 and v6.1.

Prerequisites

You should be familiar with the following concepts:

Modules in this tutorial

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