Java API for XML Web Services

For other uses, see Java API for XML (disambiguation).

The Java API for XML Web Services (JAX-WS) is a Java programming language API for creating web services. It is part of the Java EE platform from Sun Microsystems. Like the other Java EE APIs, JAX-WS uses annotations, introduced in Java SE 5, to simplify the development and deployment of web service clients and endpoints. It is part of the Java Web Services Development Pack. JAX-WS can be used in Java SE starting with version 6.

The reference implementation of JAX-WS is developed as an open source project and is part of project GlassFish, an open source Java EE application server. It is called JAX-WS RI (RI for reference implementation) and is said to be a production quality implementation (contrary to the former reference implementation being a proof of concept). This reference implementation is now part of the GlassFish Metro distribution [1].

JAX-WS also is one of the foundations of WSIT.

Name change

JAX-WS 2.0 replaced the JAX-RPC API in Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5. The name change reflected the move away from RPC-style^[clarify] and toward document-style web services.

External links

• java.net project pages
  • JAX-WS java.net project page
  • GlassFish java.net project page
• Documentation
  • JAX-WS 2.2 Javadoc
  • JAX-WS in the Java EE 5 Tutorial
  • JAX-WS 2.0 Javadoc
  • JAX-WS 2.1 Javadoc
  • JAX-WS 2.0 specification at jcp.org
  • JAX-WS 2.1 docs
• Oracle's JAX-WS info
  • Java Technology and Web Services