creating web service and accessing in websphere 6.1

[Kris Bal]

Can anyone brief the complete step by steps for creating a web service from a normal java class having a method which returns a string in websphere 6.1
what are the modifications to be done in the various xml files and how to package the application and deploy it.
And how to access the web service from a normal JSP.Please provide steps for this also.

I have only the server installed.I don't have any assembly toolkits.
I couldn't find any useful material at IBM website for creating and deploying using only the command line tools that comes with the server.

[Hanumanth Kanthi]

For clear cut steps.... pl. check out Chapter-15 in following WS reference:

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247257.pdf

Also you mentioned that you didn't find any tools for development.......just an FYI. to you.... starting from WAS v 6.1 IBM is delivering Application Server Toolkit which is based on Eclipse v 3.2.1.... actually AST v6.1 is a subset of RAD v7 from functionality perspective......

So point I am trying to make is ....you can actually use AST v6.1 to do your web services development......

Get AST v 6.1.1.1 @
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24014755

First install AST v 6.1.1 from under prerequisites and then install FixPack1 on top of it.... as per instructions at above link....

Trust this will help you get going.....

Good luck....

Cheers,
H. Kanthi