Hi!
This week our German book on Apache Axis was released. On 650 pages,
it contains lots of useful information for developers working with Axis.
For example, there are detailed chapters on the internal architecture
of Axis, on handlers, on providers, on the type mapping framework and
also a very detailed chapter on web services security. Of course,
basic topics like how to build and install Axis, how to use complex
types and parameter modes, or how to realize session handling are also
explained. A special chapter on message styles clarifies the differences
between RPC/Encoded, RPC/Literal, Doc/Literal and Wrapped.
Besides, the book contains a lot of examples, like custom providers
or a complete code example on how to add WS-Security functionality to
Axis applications using handlers - though WSS4J is not yet used.
Readers should have knowledge of web service basics like SOA, SOAP or
WSDL since these were intentionally covered in a rather short overview
chapter only. This book is not on web services, it is on Axis only
(besides two chapters about SAAJ and JAX-RPC).
The title of the book is "Java Web Services mit Apache Axis", the
publisher is called "Software & Support Verlag", ISBN 3-935042-57-4.
Amazon did not update its web site yet, but more information can be
found at the publisher's site, where you can have a look at the book's
table of contents:
http://entwickler.com/sus/sus_buch/psecom,id,61,nodeid,8,_language,de.html
Best regards,
Thilo
