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 <h1>Welcome to Apache Axis2/Java</h1>
 <p>Apache Axis2&#x2122; is a Web Services / SOAP / WSDL engine, the successor to the
 widely used <a href=
 "http://ws.apache.org/axis/">Apache Axis</a> SOAP stack.
 There are two implementations
 of the Apache Axis2 Web services engine - Apache Axis2/Java and
 Apache Axis2/C</p>
 <p>While you will find all the information on Apache Axis2/Java
 here, you can visit the <a href=
 "http://axis.apache.org/axis2/c/"><strong>Apache Axis2/C</strong></a>
 Web site for Axis2/C implementation information.</p>
 <p>Apache Axis2, Axis2, Apache, the Apache feather logo, and the Apache Axis2 project logo are trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation.</p>
 <h3>May 17, 2011 - Apache Axis2/Java Version 1.6.0 Released!</h3>
 <p>1.6.0 is a major release of axis2 with many fixes and improvements to the core and all it's modules</p>
 <p>Refer to the following filter <a href="http://bit.ly/issues-fixed-for-1_6">Issues fixed for the 1.6.0 release</a> to find all the issues fixed for the 1.6.0 release</p>
 <h3>December 19, 2010 - Apache Axis2/Java Version 1.5.4 Released!</h3>
 <p>1.5.4 is a maintenance release that contains fixes for the following issues:</p>
 <ul>
 <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-3784">AXIS2-3784</a>: WSDL port address is not correctly generated for machines having multiple network interfaces</li>
 <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-3793">AXIS2-3793</a>: move image to the correct place</li>
 <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-3851">AXIS2-3851</a>: adb-codegen no longer accepts schemas without targetNamespace</li>
 <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4261">AXIS2-4261</a>: Enable axis2server.sh to start SimpleAxis2Server in remote debug mode</li>
 <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4586">AXIS2-4586</a>: JiBX Client Stub not cleaning up HTTP connections after each operation</li>
 <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4642">AXIS2-4642</a>: ?wsdl query calls out.close() twice, confusing at least some Tomcat connectors</li>
 <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4674">AXIS2-4674</a>: Unable to get WSDL2 doc for services on WebSphere 7.0 and Axis2 1.5.1</li>
 <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4819">AXIS2-4819</a>: Race condition in WSDLDataLocator</li>
 <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4827">AXIS2-4827</a>: ADB class org.apache.axis2.databinding.types.Union does not implement java.io.Serializable</li>
 <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4842">AXIS2-4842</a>: NPE in TempFileManager</li>
 <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4871">AXIS2-4871</a>: Null Pointer Exception in AxisService.printXSD</li>
 <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4883">AXIS2-4883</a>: Javadoc link broken on site and in documents distribution</li>
 <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4885">AXIS2-4885</a>: Unsubstituted variable ${axis2_version} in 1.5.3 site and documents distribution</li>
 <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4887">AXIS2-4887</a>: TargetNameSpace required for XSD2Java</li>
 <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4888">AXIS2-4888</a>: The org.apache.axis2:axis2 Maven artifact should not have a classifier</li>
 <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4889">AXIS2-4889</a>: SOAPConnectionTest#testGet slows down the build</li>
 <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4896">AXIS2-4896</a>: Unable to install axis2.eclipse.codegen.plugin into eclipse</li>
 <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4901">AXIS2-4901</a>: LinkageError related to DOM classes when using the codegen plugin for Eclipse</li>
 <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4909">AXIS2-4909</a>: Simple MTOM web service no longer works due to missing closing MIME boundary.</li>
 </ul>
 <p>In addition, this release contains changes required for the Sandesha2 1.4 release.</p>
 <h3>November 12, 2010 - Apache Axis2/Java Version 1.5.3 Released!</h3>
 <p>1.5.3 is a maintenance release that contains the following improvements:</p>
 <ul>
 <li>Improved support for SSL when using the servlet transport: Axis2 can now be configured
 so that generated WSDLs contain https endpoints (<a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2-4465">AXIS2-4465</a>).</li>
 <li>Improved compatibility with Rampart (<a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2-3213">AXIS2-3213</a>
 and <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2-4870">AXIS2-4870</a>) and Sandesha2 (potential HTTP connection pool starvation).</li>
 <li>Axiom has been upgraded to 1.2.10. This version contains performance improvements relevant for Rampart.</li>
 <li>Application (business) faults are no longer logged at level ERROR (<a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2-4280">AXIS2-4280</a>).</li>
 <li>Improved conformance to the SAAJ specifications. The 1.5.3 release contains a set of fixes and improvements for the SAAJ
 implementation developed on the trunk and not included in previous releases from the 1.5 branch.</li>
 <li>Axis2 now relies exclusively on dependencies available from the Maven central repository, and no other Maven
 repositories are required. This in particular fixes a build problem that appeared after the 1.5.2 release.</li>
 <li>The Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA plugins are again available for <a href="tools/index.html">download</a> via the Axis2 Web site
 (previous 1.5.x versions could only be downloaded from the Maven repository).</li>
 </ul>
 <p>[ <a href="download.cgi#1_5_3"><strong>Download</strong> ]</a></p>
 <h3>September 6, 2010 - Apache Axis2/Java Version 1.5.2 Released!</h3>
 <p>1.5.2 is a maintenance release to fix the security issue described in
 <a href="http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/axis/axis2/java/core/security/CVE-2010-1632.pdf">CVE-2010-1632</a>
 as well as an XSS vulnerability in the admin console and some other minor issues. It also
 upgrades Axiom to version 1.2.9.</p>
 <p>[ <a href="download.cgi#1_5_2"><strong>Download</strong></a> ]</p>
 <h3>October 23, 2009 - Apache Axis2/Java Version 1.5.1 Released!</h3>
 <p>The 1.5.1 version fixes some <a href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2">bugs</a>, including most notably a connection starvation issue that would cause a large number of sockets stuck in CLOSE_WAIT or TIME_WAIT.</p>
 <p><b>PLEASE NOTE:</b> As of Axis2 1.5, we now <i>require</i> JDK 1.5 or above.  JDKs 1.4 or previous are no longer supported.</p>
 <p>[ <a href="download.cgi#1_5_1"><strong>Download</strong></a> ]</p>
 <p>Please see the <a href="refLib.html">Axis
 Reference Library</a> for a list of technical resources that should
 prove useful on this project.</p>
 <h3><em>Why Apache Axis2:</em></h3>
 <p>A new architecture for Axis2 was introduced during the August
 2004 Summit in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The new architecture on which
 Axis2 is based on is more flexible, efficient and configurable in
 comparison to <a href=
 "http://ws.apache.org/axis/java/architecture-guide.html">Axis1.x
 architecture</a>. Some well established concepts from Axis 1.x,
 like handlers etc., have been preserved in the new
 architecture.</p>
 <p>Apache Axis2 not only supports SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2, but it
 also has integrated support for the widely popular <a href=
 "http://www.xfront.com/REST-Web-Services.html">REST style of Web
 services</a>. The same business logic implementation can offer both
 a WS-* style interface as well as a REST/POX style interface
 simultaneously.</p>
 <p>Apache Axis2 is more efficient, more modular and more
 XML-oriented than the older version. It is carefully designed to
 support the easy addition of plug-in "modules" that extend their
 functionality for features such as security and reliability. The
 <a href="modules/index.html">Modules</a>
 currently available or under development include:</p>
 <ul>
 <li><a href=
 "http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=wsrm"
 >WS-ReliableMessaging</a> - Supported by <a href=
 "http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/sandesha/">Apache
 Sandesha2</a></li>
 <li><a href=
 "http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/specification/ws-tx/#coor"
 >WS-Coordination</a> and <a href=
 "http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/specification/ws-tx/#atom"
 >WS-AtomicTransaction</a> - Supported by <a href=
 "http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/kandula/">Apache Kandula2</a></li>
 <li><a href=
 "http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=wss"
 >WS-Security</a> - Supported by <a href=
 "http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/rampart/">
 Apache Rampart</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/Submission/ws-addressing/"
 >WS-Addressing</a> -Module included as part of Axis2
 core</li>
 </ul>
 <p>Apache Axis2 is built on <a href=
 "http://ws.apache.org/axiom/">Apache AXIOM</a>, a
 new high performant, pull-based XML object model.</p>
 <p>Axis2 comes with many new features, enhancements and industry
 specification implementations. The key features offered are as
 follows:</p>
 <ul>
 <li>
 <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>Speed</strong> - Axis2 uses
 its own object model and StAX (Streaming API for XML) parsing to
 achieve significantly greater speed than earlier versions of Apache
 Axis.</p>
 </li>
 <li>
 <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>Low memory foot
 print</strong>- Axis2 was designed ground-up keeping low memory
 foot print in mind.</p>
 </li>
 <li>
 <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>AXIOM</strong> - Axis2 comes
 with its own light-weight object model, AXIOM, for message
 processing which is extensible, highly performant and is developer
 convenient.</p>
 </li>
 <li>
 <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong><a name="Hot_Deployment" id=
 "Hot_Deployment"></a>Hot Deployment</strong> - Axis2 is equipped
 with the capability of deploying Web services and handlers while
 the system is up and running. In other words, new services can be
 added to the system without having to shut down the server. Simply
 drop the required Web service archive into the services directory
 in the repository, and the deployment model will automatically
 deploy the service and make it available for use.</p>
 </li>
 <li>
 <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>Asynchronous Web
 services</strong> - Axis2 now supports asynchronous Web services
 and asynchronous Web services invocation using non-blocking clients
 and transports.</p>
 </li>
 <li>
 <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>MEP Support</strong> - Axis2
 now comes handy with the flexibility to support Message Exchange
 Patterns (MEPs) with in-built support for basic MEPs defined in
 WSDL 2.0.</p>
 </li>
 <li>
 <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>Flexibility</strong> - The
 Axis2 architecture gives the developer complete freedom to insert
 extensions into the engine for custom header processing, system
 management, and <em>anything else you can imagine</em>.</p>
 </li>
 <li>
 <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>Stability</strong> - Axis2
 defines a set of published interfaces which change relatively
 slowly compared to the rest of Axis.</p>
 </li>
 <li>
 <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>Component-oriented
 Deployment</strong> - You can easily define reusable networks of
 Handlers to implement common patterns of processing for your
 applications, or to distribute to partners.</p>
 </li>
 <li>
 <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>Transport Framework</strong>
 - We have a clean and simple abstraction for integrating and using
 Transports (i.e., senders and listeners for SOAP over various
 protocols such as SMTP, FTP, message-oriented middleware, etc), and
 the core of the engine is completely transport-independent.</p>
 </li>
 <li>
 <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>WSDL support</strong> - Axis2
 supports the Web Service Description Language, version <a href=
 "http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl">1.1</a> and <a href=
 "http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl20/">2.0</a>, which allows you to easily
 build stubs to access remote services, and also to automatically
 export machine-readable descriptions of your deployed services from
 Axis2.</p>
 </li>
 <li>
 <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>Add-ons</strong> - Several
 Web services specifications have been incorporated including
 <a href="http://ws.apache.org/wss4j/">WSS4J</a> for
 security (Apache Rampart), <a href="http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/sandesha/"
 >Sandesha</a> for reliable messaging, <a href=
 "http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/kandula/">Kandula</a> which
 is an encapsulation of WS-Coordination, WS-AtomicTransaction and
 WS-BusinessActivity.</p>
 </li>
 <li>
 <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>Composition and
 Extensibility</strong> - Modules and phases improve support for
 composability and extensibility. Modules support composability and
 can also support new WS-* specifications in a simple and clean
 manner. They are however not <a href="#Hot_Deployment">hot
 deployable</a> as they change the overall behavior of the
 system.</p>
 </li>
 </ul>
 <p>We hope you enjoy using Axis2. Please note that this is an
 open-source effort. If you feel the code could use new features or
 fixes, or the documentation can be improved, please get involved
 and lend us a hand! The Axis developer community welcomes your
 participation.</p>
 <p>Let us know what you think! Send your feedback on Axis2 to
 "<a href=
 "mailto:java-user@axis.apache.org">java-user@axis.apache.org</a>". Make
 sure to prefix the subject of the mail with [Axis2].</p>
 <h2>Features of Axis2 Latest Version</h2>
 <p>Apache Axis2 Version 1.4 comes with performance improvements and
 a number bug fixes over the 1.3 release. Check out the complete list of
 features below.</p>
 <h3>Programming Model</h3>
 <ul>
 <li>Improved, XML-centric client API including full WSDL and policy
 support</li>
 <li><a href="docs/jaxws-guide.html">Support for JAXWS-style services and clients</a></li>
 <li>Support for POJO and Spring services and clients</li>
 <li>Support for any message exchange pattern</li>
 <li>Synchronous and asynchronous calls</li>
 <li>Archived service deployment model supporting full service
 encapsulation with versioning support</li>
 <li>Archived module deployment model supporting controlled
 extensibility with versioning support</li>
 <li><a href="#Hot_Deployment">Hot deployment</a></li>
 <li>WS-Policy driven code generation extensions</li>
 <li>Flexible service life cycle model</li>
 <li>Automatic support for POX (REST) style invocation of
 services</li>
 <li>Support for querying a service's WSDL (using ?wsdl), schema
 (using ?xsd) and policies (using ?policy)</li>
 <li>WSDL 2.0</li>
 <li>Custom Deployers</li>
 <li>Binary serialization (Fast Infoset)</li>
 <li>JSON support</li>
 <li>EJB Provider support</li>
 </ul>
 <h3>Supported Specifications</h3>
 <ul>
 <li>SOAP 1.1 and 1.2</li>
 <li>Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism (MTOM), XML
 Optimized Packaging (XOP) and SOAP with Attachments</li>
 <li>WSDL 1.1, including both SOAP and HTTP bindings</li>
 <li>WS-Addressing (submission and final)</li>
 <li>WS-Policy</li>
 <li>SAAJ 1.1</li>
 </ul>
 <h3>Transports</h3>
 <ul>
 <li>HTTP</li>
 <li>SMTP</li>
 <li>JMS</li>
 <li>TCP</li>
 </ul>
 <h3>Supported Data Bindings</h3>
 <ul>
 <li>Axis Data Binding (ADB)</li>
 <li>XMLBeans</li>
 <li>JibX</li>
 <li>JaxBRI (Experimental)</li>
 </ul>
 <h2><a name="Tools_included_in this_Release">Tools Included in This
 Release</a></h2>
 <p>[<a href="tools/index.html"
 >Download Tool Plug-ins</a>]</p>
 <ol type="1">
 <li>Axis2 Web Application (Web App)</li>
 <li>WSDL2WS- <a href="tools/eclipse/wsdl2java-plugin.html"
 >eclipse plug-in</a><a>/</a> <a href=
 "tools/CodegenToolReference.html">Command line
 version</a><a>/</a><a href=
 "tools/idea/Idea_plug-in_userguide.html#WSDL2Java_Code_Generation"
 >IntelliJ IDEA plug-in</a><a>/</a><a href=
 "tools/maven-plugins/maven-wsdl2code-plugin.html"
 >Maven2 WSDL2Code Plug-in</a></li>
 <li>Service Archive Wizard- <a href=
 "tools/eclipse/servicearchiver-plugin.html"
 >eclipse plug-in</a>/ <a href=
 "tools/idea/Idea_plug-in_userguide.html#Create_Service_Archive"
 >IntelliJ IDEA plug-in</a>/ <a href=
 "tools/maven-plugins/maven-aar-plugin.html"
 >Maven2 AAR Plug-in</a></li>
 <li>Java2WSDL- <a href=
 "tools/maven-plugins/maven-java2wsdl-plugin.html"
 >Maven2 Java2WSDL Plug-in</a></li>
 </ol>
 <h2>Extension Modules</h2>
 <ul>
 <li>Apache Rampart: Supporting WS-Security (and soon
 WS-Policy)</li>
 <li>Apache Sandesha2: Supporting WS-Reliable Messaging</li>
 </ul>
 (Apache Axis2 comes built in with a module that supports
 WS-Addressing.)
 <h2>Known Issues and Limitations</h2>
 <h2>Archived News</h2>
 <p>For information on previous Axis2 releases running up to the
 current release see the <a href="archived_news.html"
 >'Axis2 Archived News'</a> page.</p>
 For other news items from Apache Software Foundation see:
 <ul>
 <li><a href=
 "http://www.apachenews.org/archives/cat_apache_webservices_index.html">
 Web services related news on the Apache News Blog Online</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://www.apachenews.org/">The Apache News Blog
 Online</a></li>
 </ul>
 </body>
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	<h1>Welcome to Apache Axis2/Java</h1>
	<p>Apache Axis2™ is a Web Services / SOAP / WSDL engine, the successor to the
	widely used <a href=
	"http://ws.apache.org/axis/">Apache Axis</a> SOAP stack.
	There are two implementations
	of the Apache Axis2 Web services engine - Apache Axis2/Java and
	Apache Axis2/C</p>
	<p>While you will find all the information on Apache Axis2/Java
	here, you can visit the <a href=
	"http://axis.apache.org/axis2/c/"><strong>Apache Axis2/C</strong></a>
	Web site for Axis2/C implementation information.</p>
	<p>Apache Axis2, Axis2, Apache, the Apache feather logo, and the Apache Axis2 project logo are trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation.</p>
	<h3>May 17, 2011 - Apache Axis2/Java Version 1.6.0 Released!</h3>
	<p>1.6.0 is a major release of axis2 with many fixes and improvements to the core and all it's modules</p>
	<p>Refer to the following filter <a href="http://bit.ly/issues-fixed-for-1_6">Issues fixed for the 1.6.0 release</a> to find all the issues fixed for the 1.6.0 release</p>
	<h3>December 19, 2010 - Apache Axis2/Java Version 1.5.4 Released!</h3>
	<p>1.5.4 is a maintenance release that contains fixes for the following issues:</p>
	<ul>
	<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-3784">AXIS2-3784</a>: WSDL port address is not correctly generated for machines having multiple network interfaces</li>
	<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-3793">AXIS2-3793</a>: move image to the correct place</li>
	<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-3851">AXIS2-3851</a>: adb-codegen no longer accepts schemas without targetNamespace</li>
	<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4261">AXIS2-4261</a>: Enable axis2server.sh to start SimpleAxis2Server in remote debug mode</li>
	<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4586">AXIS2-4586</a>: JiBX Client Stub not cleaning up HTTP connections after each operation</li>
	<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4642">AXIS2-4642</a>: ?wsdl query calls out.close() twice, confusing at least some Tomcat connectors</li>
	<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4674">AXIS2-4674</a>: Unable to get WSDL2 doc for services on WebSphere 7.0 and Axis2 1.5.1</li>
	<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4819">AXIS2-4819</a>: Race condition in WSDLDataLocator</li>
	<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4827">AXIS2-4827</a>: ADB class org.apache.axis2.databinding.types.Union does not implement java.io.Serializable</li>
	<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4842">AXIS2-4842</a>: NPE in TempFileManager</li>
	<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4871">AXIS2-4871</a>: Null Pointer Exception in AxisService.printXSD</li>
	<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4883">AXIS2-4883</a>: Javadoc link broken on site and in documents distribution</li>
	<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4885">AXIS2-4885</a>: Unsubstituted variable ${axis2_version} in 1.5.3 site and documents distribution</li>
	<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4887">AXIS2-4887</a>: TargetNameSpace required for XSD2Java</li>
	<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4888">AXIS2-4888</a>: The org.apache.axis2:axis2 Maven artifact should not have a classifier</li>
	<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4889">AXIS2-4889</a>: SOAPConnectionTest#testGet slows down the build</li>
	<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4896">AXIS2-4896</a>: Unable to install axis2.eclipse.codegen.plugin into eclipse</li>
	<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4901">AXIS2-4901</a>: LinkageError related to DOM classes when using the codegen plugin for Eclipse</li>
	<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org:443/jira/browse/AXIS2-4909">AXIS2-4909</a>: Simple MTOM web service no longer works due to missing closing MIME boundary.</li>
	</ul>
	<p>In addition, this release contains changes required for the Sandesha2 1.4 release.</p>
	<h3>November 12, 2010 - Apache Axis2/Java Version 1.5.3 Released!</h3>
	<p>1.5.3 is a maintenance release that contains the following improvements:</p>
	<ul>
	<li>Improved support for SSL when using the servlet transport: Axis2 can now be configured
	so that generated WSDLs contain https endpoints (<a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2-4465">AXIS2-4465</a>).</li>
	<li>Improved compatibility with Rampart (<a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2-3213">AXIS2-3213</a>
	and <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2-4870">AXIS2-4870</a>) and Sandesha2 (potential HTTP connection pool starvation).</li>
	<li>Axiom has been upgraded to 1.2.10. This version contains performance improvements relevant for Rampart.</li>
	<li>Application (business) faults are no longer logged at level ERROR (<a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2-4280">AXIS2-4280</a>).</li>
	<li>Improved conformance to the SAAJ specifications. The 1.5.3 release contains a set of fixes and improvements for the SAAJ
	implementation developed on the trunk and not included in previous releases from the 1.5 branch.</li>
	<li>Axis2 now relies exclusively on dependencies available from the Maven central repository, and no other Maven
	repositories are required. This in particular fixes a build problem that appeared after the 1.5.2 release.</li>
	<li>The Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA plugins are again available for <a href="tools/index.html">download</a> via the Axis2 Web site
	(previous 1.5.x versions could only be downloaded from the Maven repository).</li>
	</ul>
	<p>[ <a href="download.cgi#1_5_3"><strong>Download</strong> ]</a></p>
	<h3>September 6, 2010 - Apache Axis2/Java Version 1.5.2 Released!</h3>
	<p>1.5.2 is a maintenance release to fix the security issue described in
	<a href="http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/axis/axis2/java/core/security/CVE-2010-1632.pdf">CVE-2010-1632</a>
	as well as an XSS vulnerability in the admin console and some other minor issues. It also
	upgrades Axiom to version 1.2.9.</p>
	<p>[ <a href="download.cgi#1_5_2"><strong>Download</strong></a> ]</p>
	<h3>October 23, 2009 - Apache Axis2/Java Version 1.5.1 Released!</h3>
	<p>The 1.5.1 version fixes some <a href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2">bugs</a>, including most notably a connection starvation issue that would cause a large number of sockets stuck in CLOSE_WAIT or TIME_WAIT.</p>
	<p><b>PLEASE NOTE:</b> As of Axis2 1.5, we now <i>require</i> JDK 1.5 or above. JDKs 1.4 or previous are no longer supported.</p>
	<p>[ <a href="download.cgi#1_5_1"><strong>Download</strong></a> ]</p>
	<p>Please see the <a href="refLib.html">Axis
	Reference Library</a> for a list of technical resources that should
	prove useful on this project.</p>
	<h3><em>Why Apache Axis2:</em></h3>
	<p>A new architecture for Axis2 was introduced during the August
	2004 Summit in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The new architecture on which
	Axis2 is based on is more flexible, efficient and configurable in
	comparison to <a href=
	"http://ws.apache.org/axis/java/architecture-guide.html">Axis1.x
	architecture</a>. Some well established concepts from Axis 1.x,
	like handlers etc., have been preserved in the new
	architecture.</p>
	<p>Apache Axis2 not only supports SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2, but it
	also has integrated support for the widely popular <a href=
	"http://www.xfront.com/REST-Web-Services.html">REST style of Web
	services</a>. The same business logic implementation can offer both
	a WS-* style interface as well as a REST/POX style interface
	simultaneously.</p>
	<p>Apache Axis2 is more efficient, more modular and more
	XML-oriented than the older version. It is carefully designed to
	support the easy addition of plug-in "modules" that extend their
	functionality for features such as security and reliability. The
	<a href="modules/index.html">Modules</a>
	currently available or under development include:</p>
	<ul>
	<li><a href=
	"http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=wsrm"
	>WS-ReliableMessaging</a> - Supported by <a href=
	"http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/sandesha/">Apache
	Sandesha2</a></li>
	<li><a href=
	"http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/specification/ws-tx/#coor"
	>WS-Coordination</a> and <a href=
	"http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/specification/ws-tx/#atom"
	>WS-AtomicTransaction</a> - Supported by <a href=
	"http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/kandula/">Apache Kandula2</a></li>
	<li><a href=
	"http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=wss"
	>WS-Security</a> - Supported by <a href=
	"http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/rampart/">
	Apache Rampart</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/Submission/ws-addressing/"
	>WS-Addressing</a> -Module included as part of Axis2
	core</li>
	</ul>
	<p>Apache Axis2 is built on <a href=
	"http://ws.apache.org/axiom/">Apache AXIOM</a>, a
	new high performant, pull-based XML object model.</p>
	<p>Axis2 comes with many new features, enhancements and industry
	specification implementations. The key features offered are as
	follows:</p>
	<ul>
	<li>
	<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>Speed</strong> - Axis2 uses
	its own object model and StAX (Streaming API for XML) parsing to
	achieve significantly greater speed than earlier versions of Apache
	Axis.</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>Low memory foot
	print</strong>- Axis2 was designed ground-up keeping low memory
	foot print in mind.</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>AXIOM</strong> - Axis2 comes
	with its own light-weight object model, AXIOM, for message
	processing which is extensible, highly performant and is developer
	convenient.</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong><a name="Hot_Deployment" id=
	"Hot_Deployment"></a>Hot Deployment</strong> - Axis2 is equipped
	with the capability of deploying Web services and handlers while
	the system is up and running. In other words, new services can be
	added to the system without having to shut down the server. Simply
	drop the required Web service archive into the services directory
	in the repository, and the deployment model will automatically
	deploy the service and make it available for use.</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>Asynchronous Web
	services</strong> - Axis2 now supports asynchronous Web services
	and asynchronous Web services invocation using non-blocking clients
	and transports.</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>MEP Support</strong> - Axis2
	now comes handy with the flexibility to support Message Exchange
	Patterns (MEPs) with in-built support for basic MEPs defined in
	WSDL 2.0.</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>Flexibility</strong> - The
	Axis2 architecture gives the developer complete freedom to insert
	extensions into the engine for custom header processing, system
	management, and <em>anything else you can imagine</em>.</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>Stability</strong> - Axis2
	defines a set of published interfaces which change relatively
	slowly compared to the rest of Axis.</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>Component-oriented
	Deployment</strong> - You can easily define reusable networks of
	Handlers to implement common patterns of processing for your
	applications, or to distribute to partners.</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>Transport Framework</strong>
	- We have a clean and simple abstraction for integrating and using
	Transports (i.e., senders and listeners for SOAP over various
	protocols such as SMTP, FTP, message-oriented middleware, etc), and
	the core of the engine is completely transport-independent.</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>WSDL support</strong> - Axis2
	supports the Web Service Description Language, version <a href=
	"http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl">1.1</a> and <a href=
	"http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl20/">2.0</a>, which allows you to easily
	build stubs to access remote services, and also to automatically
	export machine-readable descriptions of your deployed services from
	Axis2.</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>Add-ons</strong> - Several
	Web services specifications have been incorporated including
	<a href="http://ws.apache.org/wss4j/">WSS4J</a> for
	security (Apache Rampart), <a href="http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/sandesha/"
	>Sandesha</a> for reliable messaging, <a href=
	"http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/kandula/">Kandula</a> which
	is an encapsulation of WS-Coordination, WS-AtomicTransaction and
	WS-BusinessActivity.</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>Composition and
	Extensibility</strong> - Modules and phases improve support for
	composability and extensibility. Modules support composability and
	can also support new WS-* specifications in a simple and clean
	manner. They are however not <a href="#Hot_Deployment">hot
	deployable</a> as they change the overall behavior of the
	system.</p>
	</li>
	</ul>
	<p>We hope you enjoy using Axis2. Please note that this is an
	open-source effort. If you feel the code could use new features or
	fixes, or the documentation can be improved, please get involved
	and lend us a hand! The Axis developer community welcomes your
	participation.</p>
	<p>Let us know what you think! Send your feedback on Axis2 to
	"<a href=
	"mailto:java-user@axis.apache.org">java-user@axis.apache.org</a>". Make
	sure to prefix the subject of the mail with [Axis2].</p>
	<h2>Features of Axis2 Latest Version</h2>
	<p>Apache Axis2 Version 1.4 comes with performance improvements and
	a number bug fixes over the 1.3 release. Check out the complete list of
	features below.</p>
	<h3>Programming Model</h3>
	<ul>
	<li>Improved, XML-centric client API including full WSDL and policy
	support</li>
	<li><a href="docs/jaxws-guide.html">Support for JAXWS-style services and clients</a></li>
	<li>Support for POJO and Spring services and clients</li>
	<li>Support for any message exchange pattern</li>
	<li>Synchronous and asynchronous calls</li>
	<li>Archived service deployment model supporting full service
	encapsulation with versioning support</li>
	<li>Archived module deployment model supporting controlled
	extensibility with versioning support</li>
	<li><a href="#Hot_Deployment">Hot deployment</a></li>
	<li>WS-Policy driven code generation extensions</li>
	<li>Flexible service life cycle model</li>
	<li>Automatic support for POX (REST) style invocation of
	services</li>
	<li>Support for querying a service's WSDL (using ?wsdl), schema
	(using ?xsd) and policies (using ?policy)</li>
	<li>WSDL 2.0</li>
	<li>Custom Deployers</li>
	<li>Binary serialization (Fast Infoset)</li>
	<li>JSON support</li>
	<li>EJB Provider support</li>
	</ul>
	<h3>Supported Specifications</h3>
	<ul>
	<li>SOAP 1.1 and 1.2</li>
	<li>Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism (MTOM), XML
	Optimized Packaging (XOP) and SOAP with Attachments</li>
	<li>WSDL 1.1, including both SOAP and HTTP bindings</li>
	<li>WS-Addressing (submission and final)</li>
	<li>WS-Policy</li>
	<li>SAAJ 1.1</li>
	</ul>
	<h3>Transports</h3>
	<ul>
	<li>HTTP</li>
	<li>SMTP</li>
	<li>JMS</li>
	<li>TCP</li>
	</ul>
	<h3>Supported Data Bindings</h3>
	<ul>
	<li>Axis Data Binding (ADB)</li>
	<li>XMLBeans</li>
	<li>JibX</li>
	<li>JaxBRI (Experimental)</li>
	</ul>
	<h2><a name="Tools_included_in this_Release">Tools Included in This
	Release</a></h2>
	<p>[<a href="tools/index.html"
	>Download Tool Plug-ins</a>]</p>
	<ol type="1">
	<li>Axis2 Web Application (Web App)</li>
	<li>WSDL2WS- <a href="tools/eclipse/wsdl2java-plugin.html"
	>eclipse plug-in</a><a>/</a> <a href=
	"tools/CodegenToolReference.html">Command line
	version</a><a>/</a><a href=
	"tools/idea/Idea_plug-in_userguide.html#WSDL2Java_Code_Generation"
	>IntelliJ IDEA plug-in</a><a>/</a><a href=
	"tools/maven-plugins/maven-wsdl2code-plugin.html"
	>Maven2 WSDL2Code Plug-in</a></li>
	<li>Service Archive Wizard- <a href=
	"tools/eclipse/servicearchiver-plugin.html"
	>eclipse plug-in</a>/ <a href=
	"tools/idea/Idea_plug-in_userguide.html#Create_Service_Archive"
	>IntelliJ IDEA plug-in</a>/ <a href=
	"tools/maven-plugins/maven-aar-plugin.html"
	>Maven2 AAR Plug-in</a></li>
	<li>Java2WSDL- <a href=
	"tools/maven-plugins/maven-java2wsdl-plugin.html"
	>Maven2 Java2WSDL Plug-in</a></li>
	</ol>
	<h2>Extension Modules</h2>
	<ul>
	<li>Apache Rampart: Supporting WS-Security (and soon
	WS-Policy)</li>
	<li>Apache Sandesha2: Supporting WS-Reliable Messaging</li>
	</ul>
	(Apache Axis2 comes built in with a module that supports
	WS-Addressing.)
	<h2>Known Issues and Limitations</h2>
	<h2>Archived News</h2>
	<p>For information on previous Axis2 releases running up to the
	current release see the <a href="archived_news.html"
	>'Axis2 Archived News'</a> page.</p>
	For other news items from Apache Software Foundation see:
	<ul>
	<li><a href=
	"http://www.apachenews.org/archives/cat_apache_webservices_index.html">
	Web services related news on the Apache News Blog Online</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://www.apachenews.org/">The Apache News Blog
	Online</a></li>
	</ul>
	</body>
	</document>