Author: veithen
Date: Wed May 1 14:06:25 2013
New Revision: 1478006
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1478006
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+ -----
+ About
+ -----
+
+ Apache Axis\u2122 is a second generation SOAP engine, the successor to the
Apache SOAP project,
+ itself based on the original SOAP4J code that IBM contributed to Apache in
April 2000.
+ In contrast to its predecessor, Axis is fully WSDL aware. It also supports
the JAX-RPC API.
+
+~~ Ref.: http://markmail.org/thread/qa7w2e6onva2sn5m
+
+ Today, Apache Axis is to a large extend superseded by a new generation of
SOAP stacks
+ such as {{{http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/core/}Apache Axis2}},
+ {{{http://cxf.apache.org/}Apache CXF}} and {{{http://metro.java.net/}Metro}}.
+ However, Axis is still relevant for the following type of projects:
+
+ * Projects that need to use JAX-RPC. There are only two Open Source
implementations
+ of that API: Axis and {{{http://java.net/projects/jax-rpc/}Sun's
reference implementation}}.
+
+ * Projects that need to consume or expose Web services that use SOAP
encoding.
+ SOAP encoding has been deprecated and is no longer supported by modern
Web service
+ frameworks. However, there are still legacy services that use type of
encoding.
+
+ * Existing projects that were built using Axis and for which the return on
investment
+ of rewriting them using a modern Web service framework would be too low.
+
+ []
+
+=====================
+
+ Apache Axis, Axis, Apache, the Apache feather logo, and the Apache Axis
project logo are
+ trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation.
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