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JSR 224
JSR 224
The Java API for XML-Based Web Services (JAX-WS 2.1). Replaces JAX-RPC as the
modern way to create web services, and operates at a higher-level object view than SAAJ
does.
JSR 109
JSR 109
Web Services for Java EE. Defines the programming model for web services.
JSR 67
The SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ 1.3). Describes how to create and con-
sume web services at a lower-level, XML view, as opposed to the object view provided by
JAX-WS.
This topic addresses a variety of other specifications, such as those for SOAP, OASIS XML
Catalogs, JAXB, and JBI. But those are the code web services specifications from Sun. This
chapter assumes you have a basic familiarity with the idea of SOAP. The illustration in
Fig-
ure 4-1
shows how the basic APIs fit together.
