J2ME Web Services

The Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) Web Service specification is an attempt at standardizing programmatic access to Web services from J2ME client applications. Currently, this specification exists as Java Specification Request (JSR) 172 as part the Java Community Process (JCP). More information about JSR-172 can be found at http://www.jcp.org.

Web services can be accessed by J2ME clients today, but involve low-level network APIs that result in non-standard and proprietary implementations. Other specifications and initiatives, such as Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) and Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC), have addressed high-level and standardized means of accessing XML-based Web services from Java platforms. However, these ...

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