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| <h1>Axis2 Release Notes</h1> | |
| This is the 0.93 release of the Apache Axis2. | |
| <h2>What's in this release?</h2> | |
| <p>This release includes the following features:</p> | |
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| <li>Complete XML infoset support for AXIOM</li> | |
| <li>AXIOM, a SOAP specific streaming XML infoset model for SOAP 1.1/1.2 messages</li> | |
| <li>Support for one-way messaging and request response messaging</li> | |
| <li>Modules, mechanism to extend the SOAP processing model</li> | |
| <li>Archives based deployment model </li> | |
| <li>WSDL2Java code generation tool for stub and skeltons</li> | |
| <li>XML Beans based data binding support</li> | |
| <li>ADB (Axis Data Binding) with complete simple type support and limited complex type support </li> | |
| <li>Support for WS-Addressing, both the submission and final versions</li> | |
| <li>Client API</li> | |
| <li>REST web service support</li> | |
| <li>HTTP transport support</li> | |
| <li>SMTP transport support</li> | |
| <li>TCP transport support</li> | |
| <li>MTOM/SWA attachments support</li> | |
| <li>SAAJ implementation</li> | |
| <li> WS-Security support using WSS4J</li> | |
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| <h2>What's new in this release ? </h2> | |
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| <li>JDK 1.5 compatibility | |
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| Configurable handler chains using axis2.xml | |
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| Improved class loader hierarchy | |
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| Improved security module with dynamic configurability | |
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| ADB (Axis Data Binding) with complete simple types support and limited complex type support | |
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| Jalopy based code formatting of generated code </li> | |
| <li>Proxy support and NTLM authentication </li> | |
| <li>support for rpc/literal </li> | |
| <li>And numerous bug fixes after 0.92 release </li> | |
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| <h3 id="head-4804f145dbcf856d6cfef8fc5fff555e5590931b">Experimental features list</h3> | |
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| DOOM - DOM implementation over OM | |
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| Java2WSDL | |
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| RPC Support </li> | |
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| <h3>Major changes since last release </h3> | |
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| <li> Refactored org.apache.axis2.clientapi to org.apache.axis2.client </li> | |
| <li> Introduction of Options to configure clients </li> | |
| <li>Renaming of descriptors. OperationDescription -> AxisOperation, ServiceDescription -> AxisService, ServiceGroupDescription -> AxisServiceGroup</li> | |
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| <h2>What's still to do?</h2> | |
| <p>Please see a list of what we think needs doing - and please consider helping out if | |
| you're interested & able!</p> | |
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| <li> SOAP 1.1 and 1.2 validation </li> | |
| <li> JAX-RPC 1.1/2.0 compliance</li> | |
| <li> Implementation of other transports. e.g. JMS..</li> | |
| <li> Web Service Policy Support</li> | |
| <li> WSDL Generation</li> | |
| <li> Axis2 Databinding implementation</li> | |
| </ul> | |
| <p>Axis2 is taking shape, this 0.93 release is a glimpse of 1.0 that should be comming soon. | |
| If you happen to have vision of how the next generation of the Web Service should be, and like to contribute to | |
| Apache Axis2 please help us to shape the Apache Axis2. Any contribution in the form of coding, testing, submiting | |
| improvements to the documentation, and reporting bugs are always welcome.</p> | |
| <p>Thanks for your interest in Axis2!</p> | |
| -- The Axis Development Team | |
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