JAX-WS with JAXB bindings is your best bet for compatibility across different SOAP engines. Forget about the wsdl2JAVA that is in Axis2 1.4 and use wsimport(contract first)/wsgen(code first). Both of these are now part of JDK 1.6.
> Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 09:48:32 +0100 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: axis-user@ws.apache.org > Subject: JAX-WS in Axis2 > > Morning all, > > I'm a little confused about the role of JAX-WS in Axis2. Maybe someone > can enlighten me a little. My previous WS experiences were in C# and > I've only been investigating the Java options for a month or so. > > Specifically, there seems to be a lot of overlap between the features > described in this page: > > http://ws.apache.org/axis2/1_4/jaxws-guide.html > > and those described in this one: > > http://ws.apache.org/axis2/1_4/quickstartguide.html > > For example: The first talks about XML Source, SAAJ and JAXB > databinding, the second about ADB, XMLBeans and JiBX. > > The first talks about using wsimport to create server classes from a > WSDL, the second talks about using wsdl2java for the same purpose. > > What's going on here? To a new user this redundancy is rather > unsettling, especially given that neither of the documents really > refers to the other one. I had been using Axis2 1.3, and all the > JAX-WS stuff is new in 1.4 right? I'd been under the impression that > JAX-WS was a rival technology to Axis2, but it seems I was wrong. This > isn't helped by the fact that a lot of articles on Java WS topics are > out of date or just plain wrong, which I suppose can't be helped with > a fast moving field containing lots of inter-related strands. > > My usage scenario looks like this: > > - Top-down (WSDL-first) design > > - WS-I compliance required > > - Complex data structures in the schema > > - Interopability with non-Java clients required > > Should I be going down the JAX-WS route or the 'native' Axis2 route? > [Or another framework completely? ;-) ] > > And with which of the many databinding options? > > Many thanks, > > Andrew. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
