An Introduction to Service-Oriented Architecture from a Java Developer Perspective
by Debu Panda
Jan 31, 2007
Service-oriented architectures offer a new way to think about building software applications, with coarse-grained pieces of functionality split out into "services" that communicate with standardized, widely understood interfaces like XML and SOAP. In this article, Debu Panda shows you how to design and connect SOAs. More...Axis2: The Next Generation of Apache Web Services
by S. W. Eran Chinthaka
Jan 27, 2007
Apache's Axis2 employs profound lessons learned from its popular predecessor, offering the developer vastly improved XML parsing along with an extensible core, pluggable data binding, and more. In this article, S. W. Eran Chinthaka offers an overview of what's new in Axis2, the "next generation" of this popular Web services SOAP stack. More...Playing Together Nicely: Getting REST and SOAP to Share Each Other's Toys
by Jason R. Briggs
Nov 3, 2006
Convincing your colleagues and clients to consider a RESTful approach to SOA is difficult when the accepted standard is SOAP-style services. In this article, Jason R. Briggs introduces a SOAP interface that can be used to deliver SOAP messages from REST resources. More...
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