Chapter 2. Components of Web Services

IN THIS CHAPTER

In the last few years, the Java programming language, with its ease of use and portability, has revolutionized the way computing is done over the Internet. Simultaneously, the advent of XML, along with the development and acceptance of XML-based standards for different industries, has made it possible to exchange information between enterprises running on heterogeneous operating systems and hardware. The use of XML to do business over the Internet has been made possible with applications called Web services.

This chapter is an attempt to describe Web services. You will learn the business necessity that has ...

Get Java™ APIs for XML Kick Start now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.