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

The realm of Web services—software components that are programmatically accessible over standard Internet protocols—is expanding rapidly due to the growing need for application-to-application communication and...

At this point, you might be wondering exactly what Web services are and, more importantly, why your enterprise should consider making some of its own...

Web services are gaining in popularity because of the benefits they provide. Listed here are some of the key benefits: Interoperability in a heterogeneous environment— Probably...

There are numerous challenges faced by Web service developers. Web services are a new paradigm, and, as such, they are far from mature. Because they...

Enterprise applications cover a wide spectrum of scenarios, such as interactions between business partners, supply chain management, inventory management, and even simple services (specialized converters,...

This section briefly describes the entire J2EE platform, providing an overview of the technologies that are part of the platform and the platform's benefits. The...

The challenge to IT and computing professionals today is to efficiently develop and deploy distributed applications and Web services for use on both corporate intranets...