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What does GlassFish v2 + NetBeans 5.5.1 IDE + WSIT plug-in give you ?

If you read my blog, then you know the answer. If not, then this is a recipe to create Interoperable (with Microsoft .NET 3.0 framework), Secure, Reliable, and Transactional Web services easily in an intuitive manner.

If you use NetBeans Update Center to install the WSIT plug-in, then the version released with WSIT Milestone 2 will be installed. The plug-in has been updated since then (see below on how to install the updated plug-in) for the reasons given below.

• The plug-in is now a module suite consisting of two NetBeans modules (.nbm files), "Web Services Interoperability Technology Support" (WSIT Support) and "Web Services Interoperability Technology WSDL Extensions" (WSIT WSDL Extensions). The WSIT Support  module relies upon the WSIT WSDL Extensions module and allows a cleaner separation between the view (UI) and the model (WSDL). On the NetBeans Update Center (when they are available), these modules will be available as one download option keeping it simple for you.
• Splitting the module into two allows modularization and only the required module to be loaded. 
• The WSIT configuration (reached by clicking "Edit Web Service Attributes") is now more intuitive and extensible. Instead of splitting into two separate tabs (Messaging and Security), all the WSIT feature can be configured on one tab. This makes configuring multiple attributes such as security and reliability easy for and endpoint.

How to install the plug-in ?

1. If a WSIT plugin is already installed, it is recommended to uninstall it. Go to Tools, Modules Manager menu and select the "Web Services Interoperability Technology Support" module and click on Uninstall. You may have to Sort the module names by Name to view the module.
2. Download the updated modules.
3. Click on Tools, Update Center menu and choose the "Install Manually Downloaded Modules (.nbm files) ". Follow rest of the process from here. The selected modules will look like this.
4. Once installed, the modules will appear in Tools, Module Manager window as shown here. 

These new modules will replace the existing WSIT module when the the next WSIT milestone is released.

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JavaOne 2007, although 4 months away, but the machinery at Sun already started to make sure that this year is improved and better than earlier years. For example, you can look at the WSIT preso from 2005 and 2006 and see how the content, quality and reality has improved. The technical session archives from 2005 & 2006 will give you an idea about the previous years.

If you are interested in saving $200, then register today for JavaOne 2007 – the biggest world wide Java developer conference.

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Sun Tech Days is Sun‘s World Wide Developer Conference. The next venue is Atlanta, United States on Jan 16-17, 2007.

The complete agenda is very comprehensive consisting of a NetBeans day, OpenSolaris Day and technical sessions on Java SE and Java EE, Solaris OS, Tools and Web 2.0. And the best part is, all this is FREE. I’m presenting on:

• Technologies and Tools for Web 2.0 (11:50 – 12:40pm)
• JAX-WS and WSIT: Tangoing with .NET (2:40 – 3:30pm)

You can also take a full-day deep dive in development led by a master instructor for a modest price. The details are at the bottom of the agenda page. If you have not registered yet, in the vicinity of Atlanta, and would like to jump start your career – do it now.

The Sun Tech Days 2006 – 2007 World Tour schedule is available in the right column here.

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The NetBeans 5.5 IDE is tested with Sun Java System Application Server PE 9.0 Update Release 1 or GlassFish v1. It also used to work with GlassFish v2 but stopped doing so after b26 because of issue 90221 in NetBeans. A patch has been applied to NetBeans 5.5.1 which can be downloaded from here (select 5.5.1 from the "NetBeans Version" list box).

I downloaded NetBeans 5.5.1 dev build, installed NetBeans WSIT plug-in available from the Update Center, and registered GlassFish b31 instance following first part of the Flash demo. Then I built a Reliable Web Service and invoked it using the second part of the demo. Note that to install the WSIT plug-in from NetBeans Update Center, "NetBeans Update Center Beta" checkbox has to be explicitly selected as it is not the default option.

Look for the window title in the screen shots below which indicates NetBeans 5.5.1 dev build dated Jan 11th. And the GlassFish v2 b31 was promoted this morning as well.

Fig 1: WSIT Plug-in installed in NetBeans 5.5.1 dev build

Fig 2: GlassFish v2 b31 configured in NetBeans 5.5.1 dev build

Fig 3: Reliable Endpoint Deployed in NetBeans 5.5.1 dev build

Fig 4: Reliable Client invoked from NetBeans 5.5.1 dev build

Look at the last TerminateSequence SOAP message in the output log window terminating the reliable sequence.

In short, if you want to use build a .NET 3.0 interoperable reliable secure Web service, use NetBeans 5.5.1 dev build, GlassFish v2 b31 and NetBeans WSIT plug-in (from Update Center) and follow the two part (part 1 and part 2) interactive demo .

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