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The Java WSDP Registry Server

by Kim Haase

A registry offers a mechanism for humans or software applications to advertise and discover Web services. The Java Web Services Developer Pack ("Java WSDP") Registry Server implements Version 1 of the Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) project, providing a UDDI-compliant registry for Web services in a private environment. You can use it with the Java WSDP APIs as a test registry for Web services application development.

You can use the Registry Server to test applications that you develop that use the Java API for XML Registries ("JAXR"), described in the chapter Java API for XML Registries. You can also use the JAXR Registry Browser provided with the Java WSDP to perform queries and updates on registry data.

The release of the Registry Server that you have downloaded as part of the Java WSDP includes the following:

• The Java WSDP Registry Server 1.0 Early Access release
• A database based on the native XML database Xindice, which is part of the Apache XML project. This database provides the repository for registry data.
• A tool named Indri that allows you to create and inspect database data using a graphical user interface

Before you can access the Registry Server, you must start Tomcat and the database. For details, see the Registry Server home page.

At this release, the Registry Server has limited capabilities. It supports only the following messages defined in the UDDI Programmer's API 1.0 Specification:

• <save_business>
• <find_business>
• <get_businessDetail>
• <delete_business>

In This Chapter

Setting Up the Registry Server

Using the JAXR Registry Browser with the Registry Server

Adding Organizations

Querying the Registry

Using the Command Line Client Scripts with the Registry Server

Using the JAXR API to Access the Registry Server

Using the Indri Tool to Access the Registry Server Database

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