JSP™ and XML Integrating XML and Web Services in Your JSP™ Application

Summary

This chapter reviewed the basics of using Web services within a JSP application. Building the Web service isn't hard, and much of the work is just encapsulating the logic to make the code easier to implement. The most difficult work isn't the code, but actually learning how to use the SOAP Web server software. Unfortunately, each server implementation will have its own unique learning curve. Web services are new, and the tools to implement a Web service tend to reflect this state with less-than-complete documentation. Expect to spend extra time sorting out the tools as they settle down into mature versions of production software.

The next chapter will cover more advanced XML topics, including additional Web service topics.