Configuring WebSphere Commerce Developer for Web service development

WebSphere Commerce Developer supports Web service development. The WebSphere Commerce Developer tools handle much of the complexity of Web service development, enabling you to focus on the complexity of the business process.

To use WebSphere Commerce Developer to develop Web services, you must enable Web service and, optionally, XML capabilities. By default, these capabilities are disabled because they are used only for developing Web services or Web service clients.

Procedure

  • To enable the Web service and XML capabilities:
    1. Select Window > Preferences.
    2. In the Preferences window, expand General > Capabilities.
    3. Select XML Developer. This capability provides additional XML development features.
      Screen capture of the Preferences window described in this paragraph.
    4. Click OK. The Web service capability is enabled.
  • To configure Web service preferences:
    1. Select Window > Preferences.
    2. In the Preferences window, expand Web Services > WebSphere > JAX-RPC Code Generation.
    3. In the right pane, select the WSDL2Java tab then select Disable data binding and use SOAPElement.. This option allows the binding of the Web service definition to the generic WebSphere Commerce Web service framework.
      Screen capture of the Preferences window described in this paragraph.
    4. Leave the other options unchanged and click OK.