Re: [service-orientated-architecture] Tutorial: Constructing Services with Java

[Shashank]

------------- There are many definitions for web services, but in simple terms, web services are self-contained and self-describing components that can be published, discovered, and invoked across the network. A web service, as shown in Figure 1, may perform a simple function, such as checking a credit history, or a complicated task that can span several business processes.>> -----------   So u define web services as "component" ?   Also can a web services b distributed like a "component"?   Also can we use web service for developing stateful applications?       Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/service-orientated-architecture/   To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.