1 Overview of Reference Topics

This document is a resource for software developers who develop WebLogic Web services. The following table summarizes the reference topics that are described.

Table 1-1 WebLogic Web Service Reference Topics

This Reference Topic . . .	Describes . . .
Chapter 2, "Ant Task Reference"	WebLogic Web services Ant tasks.
Chapter 3, "JWS Annotation Reference"	JWS annotations that you can use in the JWS file that implements your Web service.
Chapter 4, "Web Service Reliable Messaging Policy Assertion Reference"	Policy assertions you can add to a WS-Policy file to configure the Web service reliable messaging feature of a WebLogic Web service.
Chapter 5, "Web Service MakeConnection Policy Assertion Reference"	Policy assertions you can add to a WS-Policy file to configure the Web service MakeConnection feature of a WebLogic Web service.
Chapter 6, "Oracle Web Services Security Policy Assertion Reference"	Policy assertions you can add to a WS-Policy file to configure the message-level (digital signatures and encryption) security of a WebLogic Web service, using a proprietary Oracle security policy schema. Note: You may prefer to use files that conform to the OASIS WS-SecurityPolicy specification, as described in "Configuring Message-Level Security" in Securing WebLogic Web Services for Oracle WebLogic Server.
Chapter 7, "WebLogic Web Service Deployment Descriptor Element Reference"	Elements in the WebLogic-specific Web services deployment descriptor `weblogic-webservices.xml`.

For an overview of WebLogic Web services, samples, and related documentation, see Introducing WebLogic Web Services for Oracle WebLogic Server.