A lot of the performance differences come from the parsing technology used. GLUE uses Electric XML, which is a highly optimized JDOM-like parser. WASP uses a pull parser.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Luís Fraga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 7:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Axis performance in compare with XRPC (reference > implementation from SUN)! > > > 10-15x faster than Axis!!??? I will have to check that! > What are your toughts regarding these performance issues? > > Luís > > > > Anne Thomas Manes wrote: > > >You'll find Axis performance much faster than Sun's JAX-RPC RI. It also > >provides much easier tools. But the commercial implementations are much > >faster and easier still. There are free versions available for > both GLUE and > >WASP. GLUE Standard is always free. The footprint is tiny, too. See > >http://www.themindelectric.com. WASP is always free for > development, and you > >can get a free deployment license for a single CPU (multi-CPUs require > >payment). See http://www.systinet.com. These two implementations > offer the > >best performance (10-15x faster than Axis) and the best tools. > > > >Anne > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Armond Avanes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 2:45 AM > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Axis performance in compare with XRPC (reference implementation > >>from SUN)! > >> > >> > >>Hi SOAP Folks, > >> > >>Anyone has compared the performance of these two implementations > >>(Apache's Axis and Sun's XRPC) in a real environment?! > >> > >>FYI, I'm in the phase of replacing the communication layer (which is > >>reference implementation of SUN) of the application, I'm working on, > >>with Axis. Sun's implementation generates so many classes and uses many > >>libraries so causes the whole result (application jars, ear's, war's, > >>etc) to be very huge. Another side effect is the build time of the > >>project, which is really much! > >> > >>I need all your ideas/suggestions/comments in this regard. > >>What problems may I get into with Axis? How's the performance in compare > >>with other implementations? Is there any better alternative than Axis > >>(free for sure!) And so on... > >> > >>Best Regards, > >>Armond > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > >