The Future of Java Web Services

Although the present situation for using Java to build Web services is pretty good, the future is even better. First, the first version of the entire JAX pack will soon be available. The JAX pack encompasses five different Java APIs for XML:

  • JAXP, the Java API for XML parsing, discussed in Chapter 12. JAXP simplifies the parsing of XML documents with Java.

  • JAXB, the Java API for XML Binding, discussed in Chapter 13. JAXB maps XML elements to Java classes.

  • JAXR, the Java API for XML Registries, discussed in Chapter 14. JAXR provides a standard method for Java applications to access business registries, such as UDDI repositories.

  • JAXM, the Java API for XML Messaging, discussed in Chapter 15. JAXM provides a standard ...

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