Designing Web Services with the J2EE™ 1.4 Platform JAX-RPC, SOAP, and XML Technologies

3.3. Key Web Services Design Decisions

Now that you understand what happens in a Web service interaction, let us look further at the issues involved in the design and implementation of a Web service. We first look at what goes into designing a Web service, examining the issues for which decisions are required and, when possible, making recommendations. (Similarly, Chapter 5 examines the issues to consider when designing a Web service client.) Before doing so, it is worthwhile to repeat this point:

Web service technologies basically help you expose an interoperable interface for a new or an existing application. That is, you can add a Web service ...