JAX-RPC is simply the programming API. JWSDP and Axis are SOAP implementations, and JAX-RPC is the API you use to invoke SOAP requests.
There are lots of other JAX-RPC implementations. Every J2EE V1.4 compliant app service includes an implementation of JAX-RPC (WAS 6, WebLogic 8, Oracle 10g, JBoss, etc). In addition, Systinet and Cape Clear support JAX-RPC. Anne On 5/10/05, Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Anne Thomas Manes wrote: > > JAX-RPC is the standard Java API for SOAP. (JAX-RPC is to SOAP as JDBC > is to DBMS and as JMS is to MOM.) Most SOAP implementations for Java > implement the JAX-RPC API -- including Axis. > So Axis is sort of a layer of abstraction above using JAX-RPC alone? > > > I assume your request for comparison is with Sun's reference > implementation of JAX-RPC, which is distributed as part of Sun's Java > Web Services Developer Pack (JWSDP). > > Yea you got it. That's what i have been looking at. Getting it to work was > a little ugly. > > > > I, too, think that Axis is much easier to use than Sun's JWSDP. > > I suggest you start with the Axis documentation and the wiki. You can > also find lots of tutorials for Axis using Google. > > Anne > > On 5/10/05, Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm still fairly new to Web Services and XML. Still trying to > understand how to create a Web service using Java. It seems you have a > number of options. I was first looking at doing it in JAX-RPC, java code > simple for the most part but the buld.xlm was real fun to get to work > fro even the hello world. Just found this Apache Axis, seems to be > easier. Any one provide any advice etc on this, points to > reviews/comparisons? > > Thanks, > > Frank > > > > > >
