JAX-RPC is a standard Java API for SOAP. Products that implement the JAX-RPC API are also implementations of SOAP. Examples: - Sun's JAX-RPC reference implementation - Apache Axis - BEA's SOAP implementation - IONA XMLBus - Systinet WASP - The Mind Electric GLUE
XML-RPC is a different XML Protocol specification. (see http://www.xmlrpc.org/) It's an off-shoot from the original SOAP project, published prior to SOAP -- when SOAP got bogged down in Microsoft politics. It is simpler and less extensible than SOAP. It only supports an RPC-style format. JAX-RPC stands for Java API for XML based RPC. (bad choice of name: it supports both RPC and document style formats) It is an API for SOAP, not for XML-RPC. Anne > -----Original Message----- > From: Rufoo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 11:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: What is the difference between SOAP and JAX-RPC > > > So JAX-RPC is an implementation of SOAP. > What is XML-RPC? > > Is it a spec or implementation? > Does JAX-RPC stand for Java API for XML-RPC? > > ~rf > > --- Anne Thomas Manes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What is the difference between SOAP and JAX-RPCSOAP > > is a language- and > > platform-independent XML protocol. The current > > version of the specification > > (SOAP 1.1 -- see http://www.w3.org/TR/SOAP/) was > > developed by Developmentor, > > Lotus, IBM, Microsoft, and Userland. There are > > approximately 70 > > implementations of this specification available for > > many different languages > > (see > > > http://www.soapware.org/directory/4/implementations). > > W3C is in the > > process of defining a standard XML Protocol called > > SOAP 1.2. (see > > http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/Group/) > > > > The SOAP specifications don't specify any > > language-specific APIs. Therefore > > each implementation defines its own API. The Java > > community > > (http://www.jcp.org) decided to develop a set of > > standard Java APIs for > > SOAP. There are three of them (see > > > http://java.sun.com/webservices/webservicespack.html): > > - JAX-RPC: the standard API that makes SOAP look and > > feel a lot like RMI -- > > it supports WSDL > > - JAXM: an XML-oriented API that does not support > > WSDL and assumes that the > > application constructs the XML message. > > - SAAJ: a low-level API that lets the application > > work directly with the > > SOAP message structure. > > > > Anne > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sochea Meas (LMC) > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 6:52 PM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: What is the difference between SOAP and > > JAX-RPC > > > > > > Hi all! > > > > Does anyone can tell me what's the > > difference between SOAP and > > JAX-RPC? I've read documents found on the internet > > and on Apache web site > > but can't figure out the difference. > > > > I am not sure if I am asking this question in the > > appropriate mailing > > list. If not, please let me know. > > > > > > > > Cheer, > > > > > > > > > > ----- > > Sochea MEAS, intern > > LMC/JG/A department > > Ericsson Communication Canada > > > > telephone: 514-345-7900 ext. 3432 > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! > http://platinum.yahoo.com >
