This document will demonstrate building a client in Java 6 using the freely available IDE called Netbeans 7.0 http://netbeans.org/ In order to complete the steps included, Netbeans will need the J2EE components included in the download or added later through the Plugin Manager. Specifically you will probably need plugins:
- Java Web Applications
- EJB and EAR
- RESTful Web Services
- SOAP Web Services
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Plugins may be different for each version of netbeans. Netbeans 7.1.1 plugins:
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Although this document is written in Java, the concepts are readily transferable to .Net and other popularly available programming languages on the market today. There are several ways to create a webservice client. This document will not attempt to cover all approaches.