Web services deployment API

[Doug Stein]

I have a question relating to deployment of web services using Axis2.  The normal way to deploy a service is to create an archive file (*.aar) and then drop it into the appropriate directory, which is then picked up by Axis.  This all works just fine, and the hot deployment feature is very cool.

But I am wondering, is there a way to expose a service in Axis without using the file system?  I'd like to register a service with Axis using an API rather than create an archive file.  Theoretically the service could be registered along with a callback that would be called when the service is invoked.  The callback might look something like:

  public OMElement invokeService(String serviceName, OMElement element);

Looking around in the source code the answer would seem to be that it doesn't work this way, but I'm wondering if I am missing something.  Also, would this feature possibly be part of upcoming work such as the Management Interface for Axis2?

Thanks,

- Doug