Instructor

Course Description

Architecture of Web Services; review of XML Schemas; SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol); WSDL (Web Services Description Language); REST services; UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration); Web Services in .NET; Apache tools; Company-specific Web Service API's; Java API's for XML Messaging; Java Application Servers; review of Security, transactions, and business process languages (e.g. BPEL) among Web Services.

Course Prerequisites

CS565 (Advanced Java Programming)

Course Grading Policy

The course grade will be based on active class participation (10%), programming assignments (30%), mid term exam (30%), and a term project (30%). Assignments are expected to be submitted by their respective due dates. Late submissions carry a penalty.

Course Web Site

http://lms.bu.edu/

On the Web

• http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/core/
• http://ws.apache.org/axiom/
• http://cxf.apache.org/

References

• "Apache Axis2 Web Services, 2nd edition", by Deepal Jayasinghe and Afkham Azeez, Packt Publishing, 2011.
  ISBN13: 978-1-849511-56-8.(Reference book)
  
• "Developing Web Services with Apache CXF and Axis2, 3rd edition", Kent Ka Iok Tong, Tip Tec Development, 2010.
  ISBN 13: 978-0-557-25432-3.(Reference book)
  
• Various online resources

Student Conduct Code

Please review the academic conduct code

Tentative Course Schedule