Serializer/Handler/Provider Usage

[Brian Abbott]

Hi,               I was wondering if anyone could give me a good overview of when to use a serializer vs a handler vs a provider. I had a very specific sequence of XML that I needed placed in a RPC response and ultimately ended up writing a provider for it. By the way, I noticed a while back that someone had mentioned registering a provider in a file (org.apache.axis.deployment.wsdd.Provider) however, I think a better way is to call WSDDProvider.registerProvider(QName, WSDDProvider). Anyway, this had me thinking, it’s not very clear when the appropriate time to use a serializer or a handler or a provider is… Does anyone have any good information on this?   Thanks   Brian Abbott