> I am developing an applet that uses apache soap tool > kit. I am concerned about the size of the jar file. > Is there way I could reduce this?
I've had some luck with ProGuard (http://proguard.sourceforge.net/). You might also try to change your XML parser to something small like MinML (http://www.wilson.co.uk/xml/minml.htm). This might not be possible, however, depending on what VM you need to support.
