- From: Deepal jayasinghe <deepalk@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:05:40 +0530
- To: xml-dist-app@w3.org
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Just over 4 months since the original 1.1.1 release, we are very proud
to announce the release of Apache Axis2 version 1.2
Downloads are available at:
http://ws.apache.org/axis2/download.cgi
Apache Axis2 is a complete re-design and re-write of the widely used
Apache Axis engine and is a more efficient, more scalable, more modular
and more XML-oriented Web services framework. It is carefully designed to
support the easy addition of plug-in "modules" that extend its
functionality for features such as security and reliability.
Modules supporting WS-Security/Secure-Conversation (Apache Rampart),
WS-Trust (Apache Rahas), WS-Reliable Messaging (Apache Sandesha) and
WS-Eventing (Apache Savan) will be available after the Apache Axis2
1.2 release. Please see these projects' own sites for further information.
Major Changes Since 1.1:
- - WSDL 2.0 fully support (reading, writing, and codegen)
- - POJO annotation (JSR 181)
- - JAX-WS integration
- - JAX-WS -annotation
- - Un-wrapping (Response)
- - ADB - support for union and list
- - Maven2 support
- - JSON support
- - Binary serialization (Fast infoste)
- - Codegen support for WSDL with Multiple services
- - HTTP code generation (both WSDL 1.1 and 2.0)
- - Custom deployer support
- - Message formatters
- - Message Builders
- - EJB Provider support
Known Issues and Limitations in 1.2 Release:
- - Xml-beans databinding does not support response uwwrapping
- - ADB databinding does not support minOccurs and maxOccures attributes
in sequence and choice elements
Apache Axis2 1.2 is a major new release compared to Axis2 1.1. We are
striving for a simple and happy first time user experience as well as a
satisfying experienced user experience with this release. We welcome any
and all feedback at:
axis-user@ws.apache.org (please include "[axis2]" in the subject)
axis-dev@ws.apache.org (please include "[axis2]" in the subject)
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2
Thank you for your interest in Apache Axis2!
The Axis2 Development Team
http://ws.apache.org/axis2/
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Features of Apache Axis2:
Programming Model
- Improved XML-centric client API with full WSDL and policy support
- Support for POJO and Spring services and clients
- Support for any message exchange pattern (MEP)
- Synchronous and asynchronous programming model
- Archived service deployment model supporting full service
encapsulation with versioning support
- Archived module deployment model supporting controlled
extensibility with versioning support
- Hot deployment
- WS-Policy driven code generation extensions
- Flexible service life cycle model
- Automatic support for POX (REST) style invocation of services
- Support for querying service's WSDL (with ?wsdl), schema (with
?xsd) and policies (with ?policy)
- WSDL 2.0POJO annotation (JSR 181)
- JAX-WS intregration
- Custom Deployers
- Binary serialization (Fast Infoset)
- JSON support
- EJB Provider support
Supported Specifications
- SOAP 1.1 and 1.2
- Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism (MTOM)
- XML Optimized Packaging (XOP)
- SOAP with Attachments
- WSDL 1.1, including both SOAP and HTTP bindings
- WS-Addressing submission and 1.0
- WS-Policy
- SAAJ 1.1
Transports
- HTTP
- SMTP
- JMS
- TCP
Supported Data Bindings
- Axis Data Binding (ADB)
- XMLBeans
- JibX
- JaxMe (Experimental)
- JaxBRI (Experimental)
Tools
- WSDL2Java: Generate Java stubs and skeletons from a WSDL document.
- Java2WSDL: Generate a WSDL document from a Java class.
- Eclipse Plugins
- IntelliJ Idea Plugins
- Maven2 Plugins
- Web application for administering Apache Axis2
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