Designing Web Services with the J2EE 1.4 Platform JAX-RPC, SOAP, and XML

Web services take the Web client model to the next level. Developers can write far more powerful clients whose interaction with Web services provides a...

Web services are only one of several ways for a client to access an application service. For example, Java applications may access application services using...

Developers typically write clients to access preexisting Web services—that is, public or private Web services. At times, the same developers may simultaneously develop both the...

All client applications follow certain steps to use a Web service. In brief, they must first look up or locate the service, make a call...

There are some general considerations that Web service client developers might want to keep in mind. In particular, developers need to be aware of the...

This chapter described the different types of clients that may access Web services and the issues faced by developers of these clients. It highlighted the...