Chapter 5. A Simple Java Web Service
by Robert Brunner
In This Chapter
As you saw in Chapter 4, there are many advantages to using Java to build Web services. The main disadvantage, however, is that there currently isn't one Web service application programming interface that you can utilize. Similarly, there isn't one server to host your Web services, nor is there one toolkit or integrated development environment to build them.
Although some may see this as a serious detriment, it really goes back to one of the fundamental strengths of the Java programming language. That is, let different vendors compete with each ...
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