Hello, I'm using Axis2 for my current project. Now it works to send xml input files via Axis2/MTOM, process them, and save the results with hibernate. I've written an ant script, which redeploys the Axis2 web application with my application + hibernate built in. Hibernate starts up at Axis2 startup. (I don't know if MTOM should be used to transmit xml, but for me it works, because this is very "loose coupling". the input schema should be extensible easily.)
See http://forum.hibernate.org/viewtopic.php?t=949150 and http://www.sbox.tugraz.at/home/m/martine/axis2-hibernate/ Martin Ebner institute for theoretical computer science technical university graz austria