Impact of Web Services
Even if this book is focused on resource adapters and J2EE, we cannot ignore the .NET phenomenon—and especially its Web service capabilities. Microsoft .NET supports SOAP and UDDI based Web services. Chapter 6 provides an overview of Web services, and especially SOAP and UDDI.
If all goes well for Web services, the role of resource adapters will be very different. Web services advocate a service-based architecture and approach to application integration. JCA promotes a component-based approach to integration. The difference is that with SOAP and UDDI, Web services are not tied to any specific platform. JCA, on the other hand, is dependent on the J2EE platform. As a result, the appeal of Web services is understandably more. ...
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