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System requirements: Developing apps to use the
BlackBerry Web Services
 SOAP APIs

To develop applications to use the
BlackBerry Web Services
 SOAP APIs, verify that the following software is installed. Though other software might be supported, it's a best practice to follow the requirements listed below.
Item
Requirement
Operating system
  • Windows 7
     or later
Software development kit (SDK)
  • Java SE Development Kit
     8
The
Java SE Development Kit
 includes the
Java Platform, Standard Edition
 (
Java SE
), the Java Runtime Environment (
JRE
), and the
Java
 keytool (keytool.exe), which you use to create the required keystore.
Visit www.oracle.com to download the
Java SE Development Kit
. Verify that your computer satisfies the installation prerequisites or system requirements.
Integrated development environment (IDE)
  • Latest version of the
    Eclipse
     IDE for
    Java
     Developers
Visit www.eclispse.org/downloads/ to download the
Eclipse
 IDE for
Java
 Developers. Verify that your computer satisfies the installation prerequisites or system requirements.
Web service framework
Use one of the following web service frameworks to bind web service requests and to generate the required client proxy files:
  • Apache CXF
     3.1.7 or later (binary distribution)
  • Apache
     Axis2 1.5.1 (binary distribution)
Visit http://cxf.apache.org/ to download
Apache CXF
, or visit http://axis.apache.org/ to download
Apache
 Axis2. Verify that your computer satisfies the installation prerequisites or system requirements.
The
BlackBerry Web Services
 might support other web services frameworks, but additional configuration or resource libraries might be required.