They're both good. "Building Web Services with Java" has a section on Axis, which the other one doesn't. "J2EE Web Services" has better coverage of XML schema. I haven't read through all sections of each but they both have something to offer. If you need some Axis coverage, get the first.
Tony
I'm looking on a good book on web services that goes into the
nitty-gritty details and has broad coverage as well. By necessity it'll
be a big book. The recommended readings from the Axis docs seem to be
slightly out of date. Looking around I narrowed my focus on these two
Steve Graham et al.
Building Web Services with Java (2nd ed)
Sams 2004
Richard Monson-Haefel
J2EE Web Services
Addison-Wesley 2003
Is any one of them preferable? Are there others I ought to look at?
Thanks,
Michael
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