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 <h1>Apache Axis2 Archived News</h1>

 <p>This document will contain details on each of the Axis2 versions that were
 released up to the current version.</p>

 <h2>Content</h2>

 <h3>Apache Axis2 Releases:</h3>
 <ul>
   <li><a href="#0_95">23 March 2006- Version 0.95</a></li>
   <li><a href="#0_94">11 January 2006- Version 0.94</a></li>
   <li><a href="#0_93">02 December 2005 - Version 0.93</a></li>
   <li><a href="#0_92">26 September 2005 - Version 0.92</a></li>
   <li><a href="#0_91">12 August 2005 - Version 0.91</a></li>
   <li><a href="#0_90">02 July 2005 - Version 0.9</a></li>
   <li><a href="#M2">07 June 2005 - Milestone 2</a></li>
   <li><a href="#M1">24 February 2005 - Milestone 1</a></li>
 </ul>
 <a id="_0_95"></a>

 <h2>23 March 2006 - Apache Axis2 Version 0.95 Released!</h2>

 <p>[<a href="http://ws.apache.org/axis2/download.cgi">Download 0.95</a>]</p>

 <p>This release includes the following features:</p>

 <h3 id="head-215f3945a40558f9ad055ed5b6601e8f93706558">Axis2 Complete
 Features List</h3>
 <ol type="1">
   <li>AXIOM, an XML object model working on StAX (Streaming API for XML)
     parsing 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>Module version support , can have multiple versions of the same module
     and use them depending on the requirement.</li>
   <li>Context hierarchy</li>
   <li>Archive based deployment Model and Directory based deployment model</li>
   <li>JWS like deployment (making Java class into Web service)</li>
   <li>WSDL Code Generation Tool for Stub and skeletons</li>
   <li>WS-Addressing, both the submission (2004/08) and final (2005/08)
     versions</li>
   <li>WSS4J module for security</li>
   <li>Improved and user friendly Client API</li>
   <li>WSDL2Java and Java2WSDL</li>
   <li>REST (REpresentational State Transfer) Support</li>
   <li>Transports supports: HTTP, SMTP, TCP, JMS</li>
   <li>Raw XML providers</li>
   <li>Support for MTOM/ MIME/ SwA</li>
   <li>SAAJ implementation</li>
   <li>DOOM</li>
   <li>Pack/Unpack capability for the generated code</li>
   <li>Axis Data Binding - ADB (Framework and Schema Compiler)</li>
   <li>Numerous bug fixes since last release</li>
   <li>Transport framework improvements (ListenerManager)-<span
     style="color: #FF0000">New</span></li>
   <li>AxisServlet auto start when application server get start up-<span
     style="color: #FF0000">New</span></li>
   <li>Module disengagement support-<span
   style="color: #FF0000">New</span></li>
   <li>Loading module (.mar) from classpath-<span
     style="color: #FF0000">New</span></li>
   <li>Sessions scoping for Application, SOAP, Transport and Request
     levels-<span style="color: #FF0000">New</span></li>
 </ol>

 <p id="head-5bb5aa099717d1d49642f7ae2d63ce5cf94487ad"><strong><em>Axis2
 Experimental Features List</em></strong></p>
 <ol type="1">
   <li>Server side &amp; client side Web Service Policy support</li>
   <li>?wsdl and ?xsd support</li>
   <li>Generating ServiceClient for a given WSDL and invoke the corresponding
     service using generated client.</li>
 </ol>

 <h3 id="head-7dd8e783bb9e22fb00f88748855bb6e500111e12">Major Changes Since
 Last Release</h3>
 <ol type="1">
   <li>Transport framework improvements (ListenerManager)</li>
   <li>Changed the way of adding action to mapping (wsamapping) from parameter
     to child element so with this version onward the way of adding mapping is
     as follows:</li>
   <pre>   &lt;actionMapping&gt;MyMapping&lt;/actionMapping&gt;
    </pre>
   <li>Refactored following packages in Axiom.
     <ul>
       <li>org.apache.axiom.om.impl.llom.builder to
         org.apache.axiom.om.impl.builder</li>
       <li>org.apache.axiom.om.impl.llom.mtom to
       org.apache.axiom.om.impl.mtom</li>
       <li>org.apache.axiom.om.impl.llom.serialize to
         org.apache.axiom.om.impl.serialize</li>
       <li>org.apache.axiom.om.impl.llom.traverse to
         org.apache.axiom.om.impl.traverse</li>
     </ul>
   </li>
 </ol>

 <h3 id="head-83371cc3d6961295be042f584c7b74d81cca23c4">Tools Included In This
 Release</h3>
 <ol type="1">
   <li>Axis2 Web Application (Web App)</li>
   <li>WSDL2WS- Command line version</li>
   <!--<li>Service Archive Wizard- eclipse Plugin</li>-->
 </ol>

 <h3 id="head-599c5a50552f02ebdeb5f58ef8da289234812ca4">What's Still To
 Do?</h3>

 <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>JAX-RPC 1.1 and/or JAX-WS compliance</li>
   <li>SOAP Encoding</li>
   <li>Binary serialization and de-serialization support</li>
   <li>Management Interface for Axis2</li>
   <li>Implementation of other Transports.</li>
   <li>Resource framework implementation (WS-RF) and Enterprise web services
     such as JSR 109 support</li>
   <li>Completion of Interop tests</li>
 </ol>
 <a id="_0_94"></a>

 <h2>11 January 2006 - Apache Axis2 Version 0.94 Released!</h2>

 <p>[<a href="http://ws.apache.org/axis2/download.cgi">Download 0.94</a>]</p>

 <p>This release includes the following features:</p>

 <h3 id="head-215f3945a40558f9ad055ed5b6601e8f93706558">Complete Features
 List</h3>
 <ol type="1">
   <li>AXIOM, an XML object model working on StAX (Streaming API for XML)
     parsing 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>Module version support , can have multiple versions of the same module
     and use them depending on the requirement.</li>
   <li>Context hierarchy</li>
   <li>Archive based deployment Model and Directory based deployment model</li>
   <li>JWS like deployment (making Java class into Web service)</li>
   <li>WSDL Code Generation Tool for Stub and skeletons</li>
   <li>WS-Addressing, both the submission (2004/08) and final (2005/08)
     versions</li>
   <li>WSS4J module for security</li>
   <li>Improved and user friendly Client API</li>
   <li>WSDL2Java</li>
   <li>REST (REpresentational State Transfer) Support</li>
   <li>Transports supports: HTTP, SMTP, TCP, JMS</li>
   <li>Raw XML providers</li>
   <li>Support for MTOM/ MIME/ SwA</li>
   <li>SAAJ implementation</li>
   <li>DOOM - <span style="color: #FF0000">New</span></li>
   <li>Pack/Unpack capability for the generated code- <span
     style="color: #FF0000">New</span></li>
   <li>Axis Data Binding - ADB (Framework and Schema Compiler)</li>
   <li>Numerous bug fixes since last release</li>
 </ol>

 <h4 id="head-5bb5aa099717d1d49642f7ae2d63ce5cf94487ad">Axis2 Experimental
 Features List</h4>
 <ol type="1">
   <li>Sessions scoping for Application, SOAP, Transport and Request
   levels</li>
   <li>Server side Web Service Policy support</li>
   <li>?wsdl and ?xsd support</li>
   <li>Java2WSDL</li>
   <li>Generating ServiceClient for a given WSDL and invoke the corresponding
     service using generated client.</li>
 </ol>

 <h3 id="head-7dd8e783bb9e22fb00f88748855bb6e500111e12">Major Changes Since
 Last Release</h3>
 <ol type="1">
   <li>Fixing of memory leaks</li>
   <li>Client API changes , Introducing ServiceClient instead of MEPClient,
     InOnlyMEPClient, InOutMEPClient, Call. (Please note that the above
     classes will be deprecated in this release.)</li>
   <li>Module versioning support , can have multiple versions of the same
     module and use them depending on the requirement.</li>
   <li>Code generator improved to process multi-port WSDL's properly</li>
   <li>Packing and unpacking options for the code generated classes</li>
 </ol>

 <h3 id="head-83371cc3d6961295be042f584c7b74d81cca23c4">Tools Included In This
 Release</h3>
 <ol type="1">
   <li>Axis2 Web Application (Web App)</li>
   <li>WSDL2WS- Eclipse plugin/ Command line version/ IntelliJ IDEA plugin</li>
   <li>Service Archive Wizard- Eclipse plugin/ IntelliJ IDEA plugin</li>
 </ol>

 <h3 id="head-599c5a50552f02ebdeb5f58ef8da289234812ca4">What's Still To
 Do?</h3>
 <ol type="1">
   <li>JAX-RPC 1.1 and/or JAX-WS compliance</li>
   <li>SOAP Encoding</li>
   <li>Binary serialization and de-serialization support</li>
   <li>Management Interface for Axis2</li>
   <li>Implementation of other Transports.</li>
   <li>Resource framework implementation (WS-RF) and Enterprise web services
     such as JSR 109 support</li>
   <li>Completion of interop tests</li>
 </ol>
 <a id="_0_93"></a>

 <h2>02 December 2005 - Apache Axis2 Version 0.93 Released!</h2>

 <p>[<a href="http://ws.apache.org/axis2/download.cgi">Download 0.93</a>]</p>

 <p>Axis2 is becoming more and more stable. This 0.93 release contains the
 following additional features:</p>
 <ul>
   <li>JDK 1.5 compatibility</li>
   <li>Configurable handler chains using axis2.xml</li>
   <li>Improved class loader hierarchy</li>
   <li>Improved security module with dynamic configurability</li>
   <li>ADB (Axis Data Binding) with complete simple types support and limited
     complex type support</li>
   <li>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>
 </ul>

 <h3>Experimental Features List</h3>
 <ol type="1">
   <li>DOOM - DOM implementation over OM</li>
   <li>Java2WSDL</li>
   <li>RPC Support</li>
 </ol>

 <h3>Major Changes Since Last Release</h3>
 <ol>
   <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 -&gt; AxisOperation,
     ServiceDescription -&gt; AxisService, ServiceGroupDescription -&gt;
     AxisServiceGroup</li>
 </ol>
 We are getting closer to a 1.0 release, the remaining tasks to be completed
 before a 1.0 release include: SOAP 1.1 and 1.2 validation, Our own data
 binding implementation, WSDL Generation. <a id="_0_92"></a>

 <h2>26 September 2005 - Apache Axis2 Version 0.92 Released!</h2>

 <p>[<a href="http://ws.apache.org/axis2/download.cgi">Download 0.92</a>]</p>

 <p>This 0.92 release contains the following additional features:</p>
 <ul>
   <li>WS-Security support using WSS4J</li>
   <li>Support for context hierarchy serialization</li>
   <li>Service Groups</li>
   <li>and numerous bug fixes after 0.91 release</li>
 </ul>

 <h3>The Release Includes Following Tools</h3>
 <ul>
   <li>Admin Web App</li>
   <li>WSDL2Java, eclipse Plugin/Command line version</li>
   <li>Service Archive Wizard, eclipse Plugin</li>
   <li>Module Archive Wizard, eclipse Plugin</li>
   <li>Service Archive Wizard, IntelliJ IDEA Plugin</li>
 </ul>

 <p><em>We are getting closer to a 1.0 release, the remaining tasks to be
 completed before a 1.0 release include: SOAP 1.1 and 1.2 validation, Our own
 data binding implementation, WSDL Generation.</em></p>
 <a id="_0_91"></a>

 <h2>12 August 2005 - Apache Axis2 Version 0.91 Released!</h2>

 <p>[<a href="http://ws.apache.org/axis2/download.cgi">Download 0.91</a>]</p>

 <p>This 0.91 release is a glimpse of 1.0 that should be coming soon. This
 0.91 release contains the following additional features:</p>
 <ul>
   <li>File Caching for MTOM</li>
   <li>SOAP Faults based on the SOAP version and better fault handling</li>
   <li>Different character encoding support</li>
   <li>Improved infoset support in AXIOM</li>
   <li>Improved code generation templates</li>
   <li>Numerous bug fixes</li>
 </ul>
 <a id="_0_90"></a>

 <h2>02 July 2005 - Apache Axis2 Version 0.9 Released!</h2>

 <p>[<a href="http://ws.apache.org/axis2/download.cgi">Download 0.9</a>]</p>

 <p>Axis2 is taking shape. This 0.9 release is a glimpse of 1.0 that should be
 coming soon. This 0.9 release contains the following additional features:</p>
 <ul>
   <li>XML Beans based data binding support</li>
   <li>Support for WS-Addressing, both the submission and final versions</li>
   <li>REST Web Service Support</li>
   <li>MTOM/SWA attachments support</li>
   <li>SAAJ implementation</li>
 </ul>
 <a id="M2"></a>

 <h2>07 June 2005 - Apache Axis2 Milestone 2 (M2) Released</h2>

 <p>Apache Axis2 is starting to take shape, features implemented in this
 second milestone release are:</p>
 <ul>
   <li>Modules - a mechanism to extend the SOAP Processing Model</li>
   <li>Support for WS-Addressing</li>
   <li>Axis2 Client API - Blocking and Non-Blocking API</li>
   <li>Support for One-Way Messaging and Request Response Messaging</li>
   <li>WSDL Code Generation Tool.</li>
   <li>HTTP, SMTP, and TCP transport Support</li>
 </ul>
 <b>This release also includes following tools:</b>
 <ul>
   <li>Administration web application,</li>
   <li>WSDL2WS-Eclipse plug-in</li>
   <li>Service Archive Wizard- Eclipse plug-in</li>
   <li>Module Archive Wizard-Eclipse plug-in</li>
 </ul>
 <a id="M1"></a>

 <h2>24 February 2005 - Apache Axis2 Milestone 1 (M1) Released</h2>

 <p>This first milestone release of Axis2 includes the following features:</p>
 <ul>
   <li>AXIOM, a SOAP specific streaming XML infoset model for SOAP 1.1/1.2
     Messages</li>
   <li>WSDL Object Model built based on the proposed WSDL 2.0 Component
   Model.</li>
   <li>Handler framework with the support to specify the location of the
     Handler in a specific Phase</li>
   <li>Support to bundle and enable the Handlers as Modules</li>
   <li>Support for the Synchronous and Asynchronous IN-OUT messaging over HTTP
     transport</li>
   <li>Hot deployment of Web Services</li>
 </ul>
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	<h1>Apache Axis2 Archived News</h1>

	<p>This document will contain details on each of the Axis2 versions that were
	released up to the current version.</p>

	<h2>Content</h2>

	<h3>Apache Axis2 Releases:</h3>
	<ul>
	<li><a href="#0_95">23 March 2006- Version 0.95</a></li>
	<li><a href="#0_94">11 January 2006- Version 0.94</a></li>
	<li><a href="#0_93">02 December 2005 - Version 0.93</a></li>
	<li><a href="#0_92">26 September 2005 - Version 0.92</a></li>
	<li><a href="#0_91">12 August 2005 - Version 0.91</a></li>
	<li><a href="#0_90">02 July 2005 - Version 0.9</a></li>
	<li><a href="#M2">07 June 2005 - Milestone 2</a></li>
	<li><a href="#M1">24 February 2005 - Milestone 1</a></li>
	</ul>
	<a id="_0_95"></a>

	<h2>23 March 2006 - Apache Axis2 Version 0.95 Released!</h2>

	<p>[<a href="http://ws.apache.org/axis2/download.cgi">Download 0.95</a>]</p>

	<p>This release includes the following features:</p>

	<h3 id="head-215f3945a40558f9ad055ed5b6601e8f93706558">Axis2 Complete
	Features List</h3>
	<ol type="1">
	<li>AXIOM, an XML object model working on StAX (Streaming API for XML)
	parsing 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>Module version support , can have multiple versions of the same module
	and use them depending on the requirement.</li>
	<li>Context hierarchy</li>
	<li>Archive based deployment Model and Directory based deployment model</li>
	<li>JWS like deployment (making Java class into Web service)</li>
	<li>WSDL Code Generation Tool for Stub and skeletons</li>
	<li>WS-Addressing, both the submission (2004/08) and final (2005/08)
	versions</li>
	<li>WSS4J module for security</li>
	<li>Improved and user friendly Client API</li>
	<li>WSDL2Java and Java2WSDL</li>
	<li>REST (REpresentational State Transfer) Support</li>
	<li>Transports supports: HTTP, SMTP, TCP, JMS</li>
	<li>Raw XML providers</li>
	<li>Support for MTOM/ MIME/ SwA</li>
	<li>SAAJ implementation</li>
	<li>DOOM</li>
	<li>Pack/Unpack capability for the generated code</li>
	<li>Axis Data Binding - ADB (Framework and Schema Compiler)</li>
	<li>Numerous bug fixes since last release</li>
	<li>Transport framework improvements (ListenerManager)-<span
	style="color: #FF0000">New</span></li>
	<li>AxisServlet auto start when application server get start up-<span
	style="color: #FF0000">New</span></li>
	<li>Module disengagement support-<span
	style="color: #FF0000">New</span></li>
	<li>Loading module (.mar) from classpath-<span
	style="color: #FF0000">New</span></li>
	<li>Sessions scoping for Application, SOAP, Transport and Request
	levels-<span style="color: #FF0000">New</span></li>
	</ol>

	<p id="head-5bb5aa099717d1d49642f7ae2d63ce5cf94487ad"><strong><em>Axis2
	Experimental Features List</em></strong></p>
	<ol type="1">
	<li>Server side & client side Web Service Policy support</li>
	<li>?wsdl and ?xsd support</li>
	<li>Generating ServiceClient for a given WSDL and invoke the corresponding
	service using generated client.</li>
	</ol>

	<h3 id="head-7dd8e783bb9e22fb00f88748855bb6e500111e12">Major Changes Since
	Last Release</h3>
	<ol type="1">
	<li>Transport framework improvements (ListenerManager)</li>
	<li>Changed the way of adding action to mapping (wsamapping) from parameter
	to child element so with this version onward the way of adding mapping is
	as follows:</li>
	<pre> <actionMapping>MyMapping</actionMapping>
	</pre>
	<li>Refactored following packages in Axiom.
	<ul>
	<li>org.apache.axiom.om.impl.llom.builder to
	org.apache.axiom.om.impl.builder</li>
	<li>org.apache.axiom.om.impl.llom.mtom to
	org.apache.axiom.om.impl.mtom</li>
	<li>org.apache.axiom.om.impl.llom.serialize to
	org.apache.axiom.om.impl.serialize</li>
	<li>org.apache.axiom.om.impl.llom.traverse to
	org.apache.axiom.om.impl.traverse</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
	</ol>

	<h3 id="head-83371cc3d6961295be042f584c7b74d81cca23c4">Tools Included In This
	Release</h3>
	<ol type="1">
	<li>Axis2 Web Application (Web App)</li>
	<li>WSDL2WS- Command line version</li>
	<!--<li>Service Archive Wizard- eclipse Plugin</li>-->
	</ol>

	<h3 id="head-599c5a50552f02ebdeb5f58ef8da289234812ca4">What's Still To
	Do?</h3>

	<p>See list of what we think needs to be done, and consider helping out if
	you're interested & able!</p>
	<ol type="1">
	<li>JAX-RPC 1.1 and/or JAX-WS compliance</li>
	<li>SOAP Encoding</li>
	<li>Binary serialization and de-serialization support</li>
	<li>Management Interface for Axis2</li>
	<li>Implementation of other Transports.</li>
	<li>Resource framework implementation (WS-RF) and Enterprise web services
	such as JSR 109 support</li>
	<li>Completion of Interop tests</li>
	</ol>
	<a id="_0_94"></a>

	<h2>11 January 2006 - Apache Axis2 Version 0.94 Released!</h2>

	<p>[<a href="http://ws.apache.org/axis2/download.cgi">Download 0.94</a>]</p>

	<p>This release includes the following features:</p>

	<h3 id="head-215f3945a40558f9ad055ed5b6601e8f93706558">Complete Features
	List</h3>
	<ol type="1">
	<li>AXIOM, an XML object model working on StAX (Streaming API for XML)
	parsing 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>Module version support , can have multiple versions of the same module
	and use them depending on the requirement.</li>
	<li>Context hierarchy</li>
	<li>Archive based deployment Model and Directory based deployment model</li>
	<li>JWS like deployment (making Java class into Web service)</li>
	<li>WSDL Code Generation Tool for Stub and skeletons</li>
	<li>WS-Addressing, both the submission (2004/08) and final (2005/08)
	versions</li>
	<li>WSS4J module for security</li>
	<li>Improved and user friendly Client API</li>
	<li>WSDL2Java</li>
	<li>REST (REpresentational State Transfer) Support</li>
	<li>Transports supports: HTTP, SMTP, TCP, JMS</li>
	<li>Raw XML providers</li>
	<li>Support for MTOM/ MIME/ SwA</li>
	<li>SAAJ implementation</li>
	<li>DOOM - <span style="color: #FF0000">New</span></li>
	<li>Pack/Unpack capability for the generated code- <span
	style="color: #FF0000">New</span></li>
	<li>Axis Data Binding - ADB (Framework and Schema Compiler)</li>
	<li>Numerous bug fixes since last release</li>
	</ol>

	<h4 id="head-5bb5aa099717d1d49642f7ae2d63ce5cf94487ad">Axis2 Experimental
	Features List</h4>
	<ol type="1">
	<li>Sessions scoping for Application, SOAP, Transport and Request
	levels</li>
	<li>Server side Web Service Policy support</li>
	<li>?wsdl and ?xsd support</li>
	<li>Java2WSDL</li>
	<li>Generating ServiceClient for a given WSDL and invoke the corresponding
	service using generated client.</li>
	</ol>

	<h3 id="head-7dd8e783bb9e22fb00f88748855bb6e500111e12">Major Changes Since
	Last Release</h3>
	<ol type="1">
	<li>Fixing of memory leaks</li>
	<li>Client API changes , Introducing ServiceClient instead of MEPClient,
	InOnlyMEPClient, InOutMEPClient, Call. (Please note that the above
	classes will be deprecated in this release.)</li>
	<li>Module versioning support , can have multiple versions of the same
	module and use them depending on the requirement.</li>
	<li>Code generator improved to process multi-port WSDL's properly</li>
	<li>Packing and unpacking options for the code generated classes</li>
	</ol>

	<h3 id="head-83371cc3d6961295be042f584c7b74d81cca23c4">Tools Included In This
	Release</h3>
	<ol type="1">
	<li>Axis2 Web Application (Web App)</li>
	<li>WSDL2WS- Eclipse plugin/ Command line version/ IntelliJ IDEA plugin</li>
	<li>Service Archive Wizard- Eclipse plugin/ IntelliJ IDEA plugin</li>
	</ol>

	<h3 id="head-599c5a50552f02ebdeb5f58ef8da289234812ca4">What's Still To
	Do?</h3>
	<ol type="1">
	<li>JAX-RPC 1.1 and/or JAX-WS compliance</li>
	<li>SOAP Encoding</li>
	<li>Binary serialization and de-serialization support</li>
	<li>Management Interface for Axis2</li>
	<li>Implementation of other Transports.</li>
	<li>Resource framework implementation (WS-RF) and Enterprise web services
	such as JSR 109 support</li>
	<li>Completion of interop tests</li>
	</ol>
	<a id="_0_93"></a>

	<h2>02 December 2005 - Apache Axis2 Version 0.93 Released!</h2>

	<p>[<a href="http://ws.apache.org/axis2/download.cgi">Download 0.93</a>]</p>

	<p>Axis2 is becoming more and more stable. This 0.93 release contains the
	following additional features:</p>
	<ul>
	<li>JDK 1.5 compatibility</li>
	<li>Configurable handler chains using axis2.xml</li>
	<li>Improved class loader hierarchy</li>
	<li>Improved security module with dynamic configurability</li>
	<li>ADB (Axis Data Binding) with complete simple types support and limited
	complex type support</li>
	<li>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>
	</ul>

	<h3>Experimental Features List</h3>
	<ol type="1">
	<li>DOOM - DOM implementation over OM</li>
	<li>Java2WSDL</li>
	<li>RPC Support</li>
	</ol>

	<h3>Major Changes Since Last Release</h3>
	<ol>
	<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>
	</ol>
	We are getting closer to a 1.0 release, the remaining tasks to be completed
	before a 1.0 release include: SOAP 1.1 and 1.2 validation, Our own data
	binding implementation, WSDL Generation. <a id="_0_92"></a>

	<h2>26 September 2005 - Apache Axis2 Version 0.92 Released!</h2>

	<p>[<a href="http://ws.apache.org/axis2/download.cgi">Download 0.92</a>]</p>

	<p>This 0.92 release contains the following additional features:</p>
	<ul>
	<li>WS-Security support using WSS4J</li>
	<li>Support for context hierarchy serialization</li>
	<li>Service Groups</li>
	<li>and numerous bug fixes after 0.91 release</li>
	</ul>

	<h3>The Release Includes Following Tools</h3>
	<ul>
	<li>Admin Web App</li>
	<li>WSDL2Java, eclipse Plugin/Command line version</li>
	<li>Service Archive Wizard, eclipse Plugin</li>
	<li>Module Archive Wizard, eclipse Plugin</li>
	<li>Service Archive Wizard, IntelliJ IDEA Plugin</li>
	</ul>

	<p><em>We are getting closer to a 1.0 release, the remaining tasks to be
	completed before a 1.0 release include: SOAP 1.1 and 1.2 validation, Our own
	data binding implementation, WSDL Generation.</em></p>
	<a id="_0_91"></a>

	<h2>12 August 2005 - Apache Axis2 Version 0.91 Released!</h2>

	<p>[<a href="http://ws.apache.org/axis2/download.cgi">Download 0.91</a>]</p>

	<p>This 0.91 release is a glimpse of 1.0 that should be coming soon. This
	0.91 release contains the following additional features:</p>
	<ul>
	<li>File Caching for MTOM</li>
	<li>SOAP Faults based on the SOAP version and better fault handling</li>
	<li>Different character encoding support</li>
	<li>Improved infoset support in AXIOM</li>
	<li>Improved code generation templates</li>
	<li>Numerous bug fixes</li>
	</ul>
	<a id="_0_90"></a>

	<h2>02 July 2005 - Apache Axis2 Version 0.9 Released!</h2>

	<p>[<a href="http://ws.apache.org/axis2/download.cgi">Download 0.9</a>]</p>

	<p>Axis2 is taking shape. This 0.9 release is a glimpse of 1.0 that should be
	coming soon. This 0.9 release contains the following additional features:</p>
	<ul>
	<li>XML Beans based data binding support</li>
	<li>Support for WS-Addressing, both the submission and final versions</li>
	<li>REST Web Service Support</li>
	<li>MTOM/SWA attachments support</li>
	<li>SAAJ implementation</li>
	</ul>
	<a id="M2"></a>

	<h2>07 June 2005 - Apache Axis2 Milestone 2 (M2) Released</h2>

	<p>Apache Axis2 is starting to take shape, features implemented in this
	second milestone release are:</p>
	<ul>
	<li>Modules - a mechanism to extend the SOAP Processing Model</li>
	<li>Support for WS-Addressing</li>
	<li>Axis2 Client API - Blocking and Non-Blocking API</li>
	<li>Support for One-Way Messaging and Request Response Messaging</li>
	<li>WSDL Code Generation Tool.</li>
	<li>HTTP, SMTP, and TCP transport Support</li>
	</ul>
	<b>This release also includes following tools:</b>
	<ul>
	<li>Administration web application,</li>
	<li>WSDL2WS-Eclipse plug-in</li>
	<li>Service Archive Wizard- Eclipse plug-in</li>
	<li>Module Archive Wizard-Eclipse plug-in</li>
	</ul>
	<a id="M1"></a>

	<h2>24 February 2005 - Apache Axis2 Milestone 1 (M1) Released</h2>

	<p>This first milestone release of Axis2 includes the following features:</p>
	<ul>
	<li>AXIOM, a SOAP specific streaming XML infoset model for SOAP 1.1/1.2
	Messages</li>
	<li>WSDL Object Model built based on the proposed WSDL 2.0 Component
	Model.</li>
	<li>Handler framework with the support to specify the location of the
	Handler in a specific Phase</li>
	<li>Support to bundle and enable the Handlers as Modules</li>
	<li>Support for the Synchronous and Asynchronous IN-OUT messaging over HTTP
	transport</li>
	<li>Hot deployment of Web Services</li>
	</ul>
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