The Web Service Manager is an expanded set of functionality added to the Web Services node in the IDE's Services tab. It supersedes the Palette for RESTful web services.
The RESTful Java Client wizards use the Web Service Manager (see Generating RESTful Web Service Java Clients). In addition, you can drag and drop SaaS operations from the Manager into Java code.
You can register a web service from a local file or from the service's WSDL or WADL.
To register a web service in the Manager:
The Web Service Manager displays a list of SaaS (Software as a Service) web service components.
To add SaaS operations to a web application:
All the plumbing code for accessing the service is generated by the IDE when you finish the drag-and-drop action.
Right-click a service's node. Select View API Document in the service node's context menu and the API opens in a browser window.
Click View WADL in the service node's context menu and the WADL opens in the IDE's editor. WADL is a simple alternative to WSDL for use with XML/HTTP Web applications. See for more information about the Java net WADL project.