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<h1>Welcome to Apache Axis2/C</h1>
<p>Axis2/C is an effort to implement <a
href="http://ws.apache.org/axis2/0_93/Axis2ArchitectureGuide.html">Axis2
architecture</a>, in C. Axis2/C can be used to provide and consume Web
Services.</p>
<h2>Background and Motivation</h2>
<p>While Axis 2 Java is moving closer to 1.0, this implementation provides
another language option to consume and provide web services. Performance
being its forte, Axis2/C is looking at broadening its horizan by providing
extensions to popular open source scripting languages and web browsers.</p>
<h2>Latest Release</h2>
<p><b>31st March 2006 Axis2C Version 0.90 Released (<a
href="download.cgi">Download 0.90</a>)</b></p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ol>
<li>AXIOM, an XML object model optimized for SOAP 1.1/1.2 Messages. This
has complete XML infoset support.</li>
<li>Support for One-Way Messaging (In-Only) and Request Response Messaging
(In-Out)</li>
<li>Module Architecture, mechanism to extend the SOAP Processing Model</li>
<li>Content hierarchy</li>
<li>Directory based deployment model</li>
<li>Raw XML providers</li>
<li>WS-Addressing, both the submission (2004/08) and final (2005/08)
versions</li>
<li>Transports supports: HTTP
<ul>
<li>Both simple axis server and Apache2 httpd module</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<h4>Experimental Features</h4>
<ol>
<li>WSDL Object Model support <strong>New</strong>
<ul>
<li>Dynamic invocation</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<h4>Other notes</h4>
<ol>
<li>Interoperability tested with Axis2/Java for XML in/out client and
services</li>
<li>Addressing interoperability on client side</li>
</ol>
<h4>Major changes since last release</h4>
<ol>
<li>Minimal memory leaks</li>
<li>Apache2 module working in Windows</li>
<li>More samples and tests</li>
<li>WSDL Object Model built based on the proposed WSDL 2.0 Component
model.</li>
<li>Dynamic Invocation</li>
<li>Numerous bug fixes since last release</li>
</ol>
<h4>Un-Implemented Architecture Features (TBD in 1.0)</h4>
<ol>
<li>Module version support</li>
<li>Archive based deployment Model</li>
<li>Improved and user friendly Client API</li>
<li>Support for MTOM/ MIME/ SwA</li>
<li>Sessions scoping for Application, SOAP, Transport and Request
levels</li>
<li>Service Groups</li>
<li>Different character encoding support</li>
</ol>
<h4>Un-Implemented Architecture Features (TBD post 1.0)</h4>
<ol>
<li>WSDL Code Generation Tool for Stub and skeletons (based on Java
tool)</li>
<li>Security module</li>
<li>REST (REpresentational State Transfer) Support</li>
<li>Server side Web Service Policy support</li>
<li>Axis2 Web Application (Web App)</li>
</ol>
<h2>Archived News</h2>
<p><b>10th March 2006 Axis2C Milestone 0.5 Released (<a
href="download.cgi">Download M-0.5</a>)</b></p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ol type="1">
<li>AXIOM, an XML object model optimized for SOAP 1.1/1.2 Messages.</li>
<li>Support for Request Response Messaging (In-Out)</li>
<li>Module Architecture, mechanism to extend the SOAP Processing Model</li>
<li>Directory based deployment model</li>
<li>WS-Addressing, both the submission (2004/08) and final (2005/08)
versions</li>
<li>Improved and user friendly Client API</li>
<li>Transports supports: HTTP
<ul>
<li>Axis2/C server</li>
<li>Apache integration module</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Raw XML providers</li>
<li>Numerous bug fixes since last release</li>
</ol>
<h4>Major Changes Since the Last Release</h4>
<ol type="1">
<li>Improving code quality by fixing memory leaks and reviewing the
code.</li>
<li>Apache2 integration.</li>
<li>More samples and tests(Including Plugfest testing code to interoperate
with Microsoft services)</li>
<li>Initial documentations(User Guide, Developer Guide, Installation
Guide)</li>
</ol>
<h4>What's Still To Do?</h4>
<p>See list of what we think needs to be done, and consider helping out if
you're interested &amp; able!</p>
<ol type="1">
<li>Management Interface for Axis2/C</li>
<li>Implementation of other Transports.</li>
<li>Code generation and Dynamic Invocation</li>
<li>Hot Deployment of Services</li>
<li>Completion of interop tests</li>
<li>Support for MTOM/ MIME/ SwA</li>
<li>Axis Data Binding - ADB (Framework and Schema Compiler)</li>
<li>REST (REpresentational State Transfer) Support</li>
</ol>
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