Programming Web Services using Apache Axis

The article titled Programming Web Services using Apache Axis shows how Axis Framework has simplified the creation of Web Services. It will start with the definition of Web Services and its related terminologies like SOAP and WSDL. Following that the ease with which Web Services are published are explained. The later section explores about the various tools available in the Axis distribution like the Tcp Monitor, Soap Monitor, Mapping between Java and WSDL. Finally the article ends up by giving a Sample Web Service Application deployed in Axis. read full article

Mapping Java Objects and XML Documents using JAXB - Java 6.0

JAXB (Java API for XML Binding) technology which was included as part of JWSDP (Java Web Services Developer Pack) before, is now included with the Mustang Distribution. Simply put, it is a Mapping Technology for Java and XML Documents. Using JAXB, one can Generate XML Documents from Java Objects and also they can Construct Java Objects from one or more XML Documents. In JAXB terms, Marshalling refers to the process of converting a Java Object to a XML Document and Un-Marshalling is the reverse of Marshalling which is simply getting a Java Object from one or more XML Documents. read full article