We shall build the web service using an Apache Ant build.xml file. To learn more about Apache Ant and creating build files refer to the URL http://ant.apache.org/. Create a build.xml file in the project root directory. Select File | New File. In New File select Categories as Other and File Types as Ant Build Script, and click on Next:

In the Name and Location window, click on the Browse button for Folder. In the Browse Folders window, select the project root folder HelloWS, and click on Select Folder:

In Name and Location, specify the File Name as build, Project as HelloWS, and click on Finish:

A build.xml file gets added to the HelloWS folder:

The build.xml file is used to compile, package, and deploy the web service to the GlassFish Server, use the -clientjar option to generate a JAR file for the web service portable artifacts and WSDLs, compile the client class, and run the client. In the build.xml file, add property elements for the properties listed...