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Aimed at the experienced Java developer or project manager, AXIS: Next Generation Java SOAP provides a concise guide to the Apache eXtensible Interaction System (AXIS), an open-source effort that can greatly speed up productivity with Web services in Java. This up-to-the-minute text is both timely and authoritative when it comes to explaining the underlying Web service standards (like SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI) and how AXIS lets Java developers work with them more efficiently.

Early sections dig into the organization of SOAP envelopes and descriptions of actual Web services, with the underlying XML explained in detail. After showing how to install AXIS, it’s on to a simple Web service. (A handy appendix shows how to integrate the AXIS package into today’s J2EE-compliant application servers, including JBoss.) Several utilities in AXIS can simplify the lives of programmers tackling Web services by automating the creation of WSDL from Java (and vice versa). The authors show you just how to do it. Next comes a tour of the architecture of AXIS and how it handles message processing. Practical advice on using AXIS Web Service Deployment Descriptor (WSDD) helps anchor the material.

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