Ramesh Mandava

Hello to Blogoshere & Welcome to Java Web Services Developer Pack 2.0

After much delay, it is time for me to start my weblog.

Starting a weblog reminds me of my first presentation. During my first presentation I couldn't move any of my muscles and even though I thought I was speaking loudly, the first row folks couldn't hear me very well. Good that I don't need to talk out loud with my blog :) and just for the record I should say that I became better with my presentations :)

As part of my weblog we can talk about Java, XML and Web Services technologies and different products in those fields.
As I am the Tech Lead for Java Web Services Developer Pack, naturally in my first weblog I want to talk about it. Subsequently I can talk more in depth about different web services technologies and products.

First Thank you for voting Java Web Services Developer Pack as the

Best Framework for SOA and Web Services

With your support different technologies in Java WSDP and the related products won big in JDJ Reader's Choice Awards : http://jdj.sys-con.com/read/171303_2.htm

Also we started off New Year with the release of "Java WSDP 2.0".
Java WSDP 2.0! is now available from
http://java.sun.com/webservices/jwsdp/index.jsp

Highlights of this release are

• JAX-WS 2.0 EA (Java API for XML Web Services): This component is the successor to JAX-RPC. It fully delegates all data-binding functionality to the new JAXB component. (An enhanced version of JAX-RPC with bug fixes, etc., is still included in Java WSDP 2.0 to insure backward compatibility for Web services based on the Java WSDP 1.x architecture.)
• JAXB 2.0 EA (Java API for XML Binding): This component now contains all of the data-binding functionality, some of which used to be part of JAX-RPC in previous Java WSDP releases. The new JAXB also supports a wider range of data-binding formats and capabilities.
• SAAJ 1.3 EA (SOAP with Attachments API for Java): This component includes support for SOAP 1.2 and follows the latest SAAJ (JSR 67) specification developments
• XWSS 2.0 EA2 (XML Web Services Security): This enhanced component has added, among other features, dynamic response, dynamic policy, and explicit support for JAX-WS scenarios.
• Experimental release of JAX-WSA 1.0 EA (Java API for XML Web Services Addressing) provides a first implementation of the WS-Addressing specification, currently under development at the World Wide Web Consortium. (Access to the JAX-WSA component requires a custom installation of the Java WSDP 2.0.)
• Bugfix release of Sun Java Streaming XML Parser, JAXP , JAX-RPC, JAXR and XML Digital Signatures
• Support for GlassFish( Open-source Java EE 5 application server)

Hot off the presses: Java WSDP 2.0 also supports Sun Java System Application Server 8.2, which just released.
Another fact about Sun Java System Application Server 8.2 is that it supports Fast Infoset, an open, standards-based binary format for the efficient interchange of XML that is based on the XML Information Set (Infoset). If you are following Java WSDP then you remember that we introduced Fast Infoset in Java WSDP 1.6.

You can find out more information about Java Web Services at http://java.sun.com/webservices

Please try out the release and give us feedback.

• Different components that are part of Java WSDP 2.0 are getting developed as part of GlassFish project at java.net. The current goal of the GlassFish community is to build an Open Source Java EE 5 Application Server. You are welcome to participate in it.
• Bobby just published an article describing How to Build JAX-WS 2.0 Services with NetBeans 5.0 and GlassFish.
• You can get the older Java WSDP releases from http://java.sun.com/webservices/archive.html

Posted at 12:17PM Jan 31, 2006 by rmandava in Sun  |  Comments[2]