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Related Oracle Fusion Middleware 14c Documentation

Additional documentation exists to support Oracle Fusion Middleware 14c.

The following table summarizes the additional documentation related to web services development, security, and administration.

Table -1 Related Documentation

Document	Description
Understanding WebLogic Web Services for Oracle WebLogic Server	Introduces WebLogic web services, the standards that are supported, interoperability information, and relevant samples and documentation.
Understanding Oracle Web Services Manager	Introduces Oracle Web Services Manager (OWSM) for securing web services and managing policies.
Developing JAX-WS Web Services for Oracle WebLogic Server	Describes how to develop WebLogic web service using JAX-WS. Includes use cases and examples, iterative development procedures, typical JWS programming steps, data type information, and how to invoke a web service.
Developing and Securing RESTful Web Services for Oracle WebLogic Server	Describes how to develop WebLogic web service using JAX-RS. Includes use cases and examples, iterative development procedures, typical JWS programming steps, data type information, and how to invoke a web service.
Developing Oracle Infrastructure Web Services	Describes how to develop Oracle Infrastructure web services.
Developing Fusion Web Applications with Oracle Application Development Framework	Describes how to develop ADF components.
Developing Services with Oracle Service Bus	Describes how to develop Oracle Service Bus proxy and business services.
Developing SOA Applications with Oracle SOA Suite	Describes how to develop SOA composite services.
Developing WebCenter Portal Assets and Custom Components with Oracle JDeveloper	Describes how to develop WebCenter services.
Securing Web Services and Managing Policies with Oracle Web Services Manager	Describes how to use OWSM to secure web services and manage policies.
Securing WebLogic Web Services for Oracle WebLogic Server	Describes how to program and configure message-level (digital signatures and encryption), transport-level, and access control security for a web service.
Administering Web Services	Describes how to secure and administer web services.
Developing Extensible Applications for Oracle Web Services Manager	Describes how to build custom assertions for Oracle Web Services Manager (OWSM).
Interoperability Solutions Guide for Oracle Web Services Manager	Describes how to implement the most common OWSM interoperability scenarios.
WebLogic Web Services Reference for Oracle WebLogic Server	Provides reference information on JWS annotations, Ant tasks, reliable messaging WS-Policy assertions, security WS-Policy assertions, and deployment descriptors.
"Developing and Securing Web Services" in Developing Applications with Oracle JDeveloper	Describes how to develop web services and attach policies using Oracle JDeveloper.