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<h1 class="topictitle1">Launching the Web Services Explorer</h1>
<div><p>The Web services tools allows you to launch the Web Services Explorer
in several ways.</p>
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<li>From the main toolbar in the J2EE perspective.</li>
<li>By using the Web service wizards.</li>
<li>By using the Import wizard.</li>
<li>By using the Export wizard.</li>
<li>From the Run menu in the J2EE perspective.</li>
<li>From a WSDL file.</li>
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<h2 class="topictitle2">Launching the Web Services Explorer from the main toolbar</h2>
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<div class="section"><p>To launch the Web Services Explorer from the main toolbar, ensure
that you are in the J2EE perspective and click the <strong>Launch the Web Services
Explorer</strong> icon <img src="../images/uddiview.gif" alt="Picture of the Launch Web Services Explorer icon." />. The Web Services Explorer opens without
any registries displayed in the Navigator pane. You can now <a href="taddreg.html">add a registry</a> to the Web Services Explorer.</p>
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<h2 class="topictitle2">Launching the Web Services Explorer using the Web Services Wizard</h2>
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<div class="section"><p>To launch the Web Services Explorer from the Web Services Wizard,
select the <strong>Test the Web Service</strong> check box in the first page of the
Web Services Wizard. Proceed with the wizard and then in the Web Service Test
Page, choose <strong>Web Services Explorer</strong> as the test facility and click
on the <strong>Launch</strong> button. If you launch the Web Services Explorer using
this method, it will automatically preload the WSDL (and its child nodes)
in the WSDL page.</p>
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<h2 class="topictitle2">Launching the Web Services Explorer using the Import wizard</h2>
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<div class="section"><p>To launch the Web Services Explorer using the Import wizard, do
the following:</p>
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<li><span>From the main menu, click <strong>File &gt; Import</strong>. The Import wizard
opens.</span></li>
<li><span>Select <strong>Web Service</strong> and click <strong>Next</strong>. The Web service
import wizard opens.</span></li>
<li><span>Click <strong>Finish</strong>.</span></li>
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<div class="section"><p>The Web Services Explorer opens. If you selected a registry on
the Web Service Publication page of the Web service Import wizard, you will
see the registry displayed in the Navigator pane.</p>
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<h2 class="topictitle2">Launching the Web Services Explorer using the Export wizard</h2>
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<div class="section"><p>To launch the Web Services Explorer using the Export wizard, do
the following:</p>
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<li><span>From the main menu, click <strong>File &gt; Export</strong>. The Export wizard
opens.</span></li>
<li><span>Select <strong>Web Service</strong> and click <strong>Next</strong>. The Web Service
Export wizard opens.</span></li>
<li><span>Click <strong>Finish</strong>. The Web Services Explorer opens.</span></li>
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<div class="section"><p>The Web Services Explorer opens.  If you selected a registry
on the Web Service Publication page of the Web Service Export wizard, you
will see the registry displayed in the Navigator pane.</p>
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<h2 class="topictitle2">Launching the Web Services Explorer from the Run menu</h2>
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<div class="section"><p>To launch the Web Services Explorer from the main menu, ensure
that you are in the J2EE perspective and click <strong>Run &gt; Launch the Web Services
Explorer</strong>. The Import wizard opens. The Web Services Explorer opens. 
The Web Services Explorer opens without any registries displayed in the Navigator
pane.</p>
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<h2 class="topictitle2">Launching the Web Services Explorer from a WSDL file</h2>
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<div class="section"><p>To launch the Web Services Explorer from a WSDL file,
select the WSDL file and right-click and choose <strong>Web Services &gt; Test with
Web Services Explorer</strong> or <strong>Publish WSDL file</strong>.  The Web Services
Explorer opens. The <strong>Test with Web Services Explorer</strong> action will preload
the WSDL in the WSDL page.</p>
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<div class="linklist"><strong>Related Concepts</strong><br />
<div><a href="../../org.eclipse.jst.ws.doc.user/concepts/cwsinwsa.html"> Tools for Web services development</a></div>
<div><a href="../../org.eclipse.jst.ws.doc.user/concepts/cws.html">Web services development</a></div>
<div><a href="../concepts/cuddi.html" title="Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) specification defines a way to publish and discover information about Web services.">Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI)</a></div></div>
<div class="linklist"><strong>Related Tasks</strong><br />
<div><a href="tuddiexp.html" title="Through UDDI and WSIL, other applications can discover WSDL documents and bind with them to execute transactions or perform other business processes.">Publishing Web services and business entities</a></div>
<div><a href="treg.html" title="In order to publish your business entity and Web service to a UDDI registry, you must first register with the registry that you want to use.">Registering with a UDDI registry</a></div></div>
<div class="linklist"><strong>Related Reference</strong><br />
<div><a href="../ref/ruddi.html" title="Once you have registered and logged in to the UDDI registry that you want to use, you can register your Web service.  Registration of a service involves four core data structure types: business information, service information, binding information, and information describing the specifications for services. The relationship between these data types is described in Figure 1.">Data structure types (UDDI registry)</a></div></div>
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