Once you have create a Web service or client there are a variety
of assembly tasks that you can perform, such as editing the Web service deployment
descriptors, adding handlers, and enabling security.
Editing Web Services
If you have created a Web service or client that uses the WebSphere® runtime environment, you can edit the deployment information for the service or client using the Web Services Editor.
Creating JAX-RPC Web service handlers
Handlers allow you to process SOAP messages before and after the message is sent through the network. They are typically used to process SOAP header contents. Header specifications are defined by JAX-RPC and JSR 109. You can configure handlers for Web services and Web service clients.
Enabling Web services security
Web services security for WebSphere Application Server is based on standards included in the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) Web services security (WSS) Version 1.0 specification, the Username token Version 1.0 profile, and the X.509 token Version 1.0 profile. These standards and profiles address how to provide protection for messages exchanged in a Web service environment. The specification defines the core facilities for protecting the integrity and confidentiality of a message and provides mechanisms for associating security-related claims with the message. Web services security is a message-level standard based on securing Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) messages through XML digital signature, confidentiality through XML encryption, and credential propagation through security tokens.