eclipse WTP

[jazy smith]

Hi all,

I am new to web service. I have couple of doubts if you could help me out with i'd be thankful

1. to create web services in eclipse there are two ways : 1. install WTP 2. install axis2-eclipse-codegenerator plugin. IS that right what I understood? If not completely, please throw some light on it.

2. how can I make eclipse ganymede to act like WTP ? do I have to install any plugin? if yes, what plugins and where to install them ? If no, then is WTP is totally different IDE then ganymede ?

[Ivan Krizsan]

Hi!
Strictly speaking, you do not need to install any particular plugin to develop JAX-WS web services. I imagine the WTP tools are helpful, because you will probably want to create a Dynamic Web Project in Eclipse when developing a web service. The simplest form of a JAX-WS web service is a @WebService annotated Java class, nothing more is required - no deployment descriptors etc. The (dynamic web) project in which the class resides is then simply deployed to, for instance, GlassFish.

Regretfully, I don't know about Eclipse Ganymede and WTP - I guess it may depend on the Eclipse package (for instance, if it was the JavaEE package or the JavaSE package).
Best wishes!