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| <h1>Apache Axis2/Java Version @axis2_version@ Documentation Index</h1> |
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| <h2>Introduction</h2> |
| |
| <p>Apache Axis2, the third generation Web services engine is more efficient, |
| more modular and more XML-oriented than its predecessor <a |
| href="http://ws.apache.org/axis/">Apache Axis</a>. It is carefully designed |
| to support the easy addition of plug-in modules that extend its functionality |
| for features such as security and increased reliability.</p> |
| |
| <p>Apache Axis2 Version @axis2_version@ comes to you with performance |
| improvements and bug fixes over the 1.1 release.</p> |
| |
| <p>This page will take you through the list of documents that we have in |
| store for you.</p> |
| |
| <h2>Apache Axis2 User's Guide</h2> |
| |
| <p>You can get started with Axis2 with the assistance of the following |
| documents. They will guide you through the Axis2 download, installation (both |
| as a standalone Web services engine and as part of a J2EE compliant servlet |
| container), and instructions on how to write Web services and Web services |
| client using Apache Axis2.</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="userguide.html#intro">Introduction</a>- Gives you an |
| introduction to what Axis2 is, the life cycle of a Web services message, |
| how Axis2 handles SOAP messages and also includes a basic description on |
| Axis2 distributions, and how Axis2 behaves as part of a Web application |
| or as a standalone client that is not part of a J2EE application.</li> |
| <li><a href="installationguide.html">Download and Installation</a>- Lists |
| the different distribution packages offered by Axis2 and gives in-depth |
| instructions on the installation of the standalone method and as part of |
| a J2EE servlet container.</li> |
| <li><a href="userguide-installingtesting.html">Testing Client Code</a> - |
| The best way to make sure that your system is running Axis2 is to install |
| and test both a service and a client. This document describes this |
| process in easy to understand steps.</li> |
| <li><a href="userguide-introtoservices.html">Introduction to Services</a> - |
| The term "Web services" can apply to a number of different ways of |
| sending information back and forth. However, this guide focuses on the |
| sending and receiving of SOAP messages and Message Exchange Patterns |
| (MEPs).</li> |
| <li><a href="userguide-creatingclients.html">Creating Clients from WSDL</a> |
| - When it comes to creating a Web service client, you can do it manually |
| as described in the next document. However, in most cases, you will have |
| a Web Service Description Language (WSDL) definition that describes the |
| messages that clients should send and expect to receive. Axis2 provides |
| several ways to use this definition to automatically generate a client. |
| This document explains how to create a client using WSDL definitions.</li> |
| <li><a href="userguide-buildingservices.html">Building Services from |
| Scratch</a> - Now that you know how to use Axis2 to generate clients from |
| WSDL as described in the document before, this document digs a little |
| deeper, showing you how to create services, and how to create both |
| services and clients "from scratch", so to speak.</li> |
| <li><a href="userguide-samples.html">Samples</a> - The Axis2 Standard |
| Distribution provides a number of samples you can use as a guide for |
| implementing specific features and capabilities. These services are |
| listed in this document along with basic introductions for each one.</li> |
| <li><a href="userguide-forfurtherstudy.html">For Further Study</a> - This |
| section lists resource documents for further study. |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="pojoguide.html">POJO Web Services using Apache |
| Axis2</a>-This guide will show you how to create a Plain Old Java |
| Object (POJO) for deploying using Apache Axis2 on Apache Tomcat. |
| POJOs are fast to build and easy to maintain, which means you'll save |
| a lot of time building and debugging your code</li> |
| <li><a href="quickstartguide.html">Axis2 Quick Start Guide</a>-The |
| purpose of this guide is to get you started on creating services and |
| clients using Axis2 as quickly as possible. It demonstrates how to |
| create Web services using a variety of different technologies.</></li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| Also see our <a href="../faq.html">FAQ page</a> to answer those common |
| questions in mind. |
| |
| <h2>How To</h2> |
| |
| <p>This section deals with more advanced topics including Axis2 support |
| features such as Transports, Attachments, Pluggable Data Binding, Security, |
| and REST Web services in detail.</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="webadminguide.html">Web Administrator's Guide</a> - Detailed |
| instructions on the administration console of Axis2 Web application, |
| which provides run-time configuration of Axis2.</li> |
| <li><a href="migration.html">Migrating from Axis 1.x to Axis 2</a> - |
| Guiding Axis 1.x users in upgrading to Axis2</li> |
| <li><a href="app_server.html">Application Server Specific Configuration |
| Guide</a> - Provides extra configuration information required for |
| application servers to run Axis2 to its fullest potential</li> |
| <li><a href="http://ws.apache.org/commons/axiom/OMTutorial.html">AXIOM |
| Tutorial</a>-An introduction to Axis2's Object Model</li> |
| <li><a href="rest-ws.html">REST Support</a>-Introduction on |
| Representational State Transfer</li> |
| <li><a href="Axis2-rpc-support.html">Axis2 RPC Support</a> - This document |
| talks about the Axis2's Remote Procedure Calls support in a set of easy |
| to understand implementation steps</li> |
| <li><a href="mtom-guide.html">MTOM Guide -Sending Binary Data with SOAP</a> |
| - Explains how to send binary data using the SOAP Message Transmission |
| Optimization Mechanism</li> |
| <li><a href="axis2config.html">Axis2 Configuration Guide</a> - Explains the |
| three configurations in Axis2: global, service, and module</li> |
| <li><a href="soapmonitor-module.html">SOAP Monitor How-to</a> - A guide on |
| the utilities used to monitor the SOAP messages that invoke Web services, |
| along with the results of those messages</li> |
| <li><a href="WS_policy.html">Web Services Policy Support In Axis2</a> - |
| Introduction to the role of Web services policy in Axis2</li> |
| <li><a href="spring.html">Spring Framework</a> - A guide on how to use |
| Axis2 with the Spring Framework</li> |
| <li><a href="json_support.html">JSON Support</a> - This document explains |
| how to use JSON support implementation in Axis2. Includes details on test |
| cases and samples</li> |
| <li><a href="ejb-provider.html">Guide to using EJB Provider in Axis2</a> - |
| This guide explains how to use an EJB provider in Axis2 using an |
| example</li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| <p><strong>Data Bindings:</strong></p> |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="adb/adb-howto.html">ADB How-to</a> - A guide on the Axis2 |
| Databinding Framework (ADB)</li> |
| <li><a href="adb/adb-advanced.html">Advanced ADB Framework Features</a> - |
| Provides an insight into the newly added advanced features of ADB</li> |
| <li><a href="adb/adb-tweaking.html">Tweaking the ADB Code Generator</a> - |
| Explains the available mechanisms to extend ADB</li> |
| <li><a href="adb/adb-codegen-integration.html">ADB Integration with |
| Axis2</a> - A guide to writing an extension using the integrator in order |
| to integrate ADB with Axis2</li> |
| <li><a href="jibx/jibx-codegen-integration.html">JiBX Integration With |
| Axis2</a> - A guide to using JiBX with Axis2 in order to expose existing |
| Java code as a Web service and to implement a client for an existing Web |
| service</li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| <p><strong>Transports:</strong></p> |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="tcp-transport.html">TCP Transport</a> - A guide to sending and |
| receiving SOAP messages via TCP in Axis2</li> |
| <li><a href="mail-transport.html">Mail Transport</a> - Explains how to |
| invoke a service using a Mail transport</li> |
| <li><a href="mail-configuration.html">Mail Transport Configuration</a> - A |
| guide to configuring Axis2 in order to get mail transport working</li> |
| <li><a>HTTP Transports</a> - A description on HTTP sender and HTTP receiver |
| in Axis2</li> |
| <li><a href="jms-transport.html">JMS Transport</a> - A description on JMS |
| sender and JMS receiver in Axis2</li> |
| <li><a href="transport_howto.html">Write Your Own Axis2 Transport</a> - A |
| quick and easy guide to create your own Axis2 Transport protocol</li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| <p><strong>Axis2 Tools:</strong></p> |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="../tools/@axis2_version_dir@/CodegenToolReference.html">Code |
| Generator Tool Guide for Command Line and Ant Tasks</a> - Lists command |
| line and Ant task references. How to build a file using custom Ant tasks |
| and how to invoke a Code Generator from Ant</li> |
| <li><a |
| href="../tools/@axis2_version_dir@/eclipse/wsdl2java-plugin.html">Code |
| Generator Wizard Guide for Eclipse Plug-in</a> - Explains the usage of |
| the code generator Eclipse plug-in for WSDL2Java and/or Java2WSDL |
| operations</li> |
| <li><a |
| href="../tools/@axis2_version_dir@/eclipse/servicearchiver-plugin.html">Service |
| Archive Generator Wizard Guide for Eclipse Plug-in</a> - Describes the |
| functionality of the Eclipse plugin service archive generator tool</li> |
| <li><a |
| href="../tools/@axis2_version_dir@/idea/Idea_plug-in_userguide.html">Code |
| Generator Wizard Guide for IntelliJ IDEA Plug-in</a> - A guide on the |
| usage of the IDEA code generation plug-in to create service archives and |
| generate Java class files from WSDL files</li> |
| <li><a |
| href="../tools/@axis2_version_dir@/maven-plugins/maven-aar-plugin.html">Maven2 |
| AAR Plug-in Guide</a> - A guide to generate an Axis 2 service file (AAR |
| file) using the Maven plug-in.</li> |
| <li><a |
| href="../tools/@axis2_version_dir@/maven-plugins/maven-java2wsdl-plugin.html">Maven2 |
| Java2WSDL Plug-in Guide</a> - A guide to using Java2WSDL Maven 2 Plug-in |
| that takes a Java class as input and generates a WSDL, which describes a |
| Web service for invoking the class methods</li> |
| <li><a |
| href="../tools/@axis2_version_dir@/maven-plugins/maven-wsdl2code-plugin.html">Maven2 |
| WSDL2Code Plug-in Guide</a> - A guide to using this plugin that takes as |
| input a WSDL and generates client and server stubs for calling or |
| implementing a Web service matching the WSDL.</li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| <h2>Apache Axis2 Developers</h2> |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="adv-userguide.html">Advanced User's Guide</a> - A quick start |
| user's guide for more experienced users and developers on how to install, |
| create Web services and Web service clients using Axis2. |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="adv-userguide.html#introduction">Introduction</a> - |
| Outlines the overall direction of the user guide, with a high level |
| introduction on Axis2</li> |
| <li><a href="installationguide.html">Download and Installation</a> - |
| Lists the different distribution packages offered by Axis2, and the |
| installations for the standalone and as part of a J2EE servlet |
| container methods.</li> |
| <li><a href="adv-userguide.html#ws_codegen">Creating a new Web Service |
| with Code Generation</a> - Axis2 provides two ways to create new Web |
| Services: using code generation and XML based primary APIs. This |
| section explains how to start from a WSDL, and create a new Service |
| with code generation</li> |
| <li><a href="xmlbased-server.html">Writing Web Services Using Axis2's |
| Primary APIs</a> - Explains how to create new Web Services using XML |
| based primary APIs</li> |
| <li><a href="adv-userguide.html#client">Writing a Web Service Client |
| with Code Generation </a>- Axis2 also provides a more complex, yet |
| powerful XML based client API that is intended for advanced users. |
| However, if you are a new user we recommend using the code generation |
| approach presented below</li> |
| <li><a href="dii.html">Writing Web Service Clients Using Axis2's |
| Primary APIs</a> - This section presents complex yet powerful XML |
| based client APIs, which is intended for advanced users to write Web |
| services clients</li> |
| <li><a href="adv-userguide.html#config">Configuring Axis2</a> - Axis2 |
| configuration is based on a repository and standard archive formats. |
| Here you will find details on how to configure Axis2. You will also |
| find reference documents that lead to greater detail in this |
| area.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| <li><a href="Axis2ArchitectureGuide.html">Axis2 Architecture Guide</a> - |
| Introduction to Axis2's modular architecture</li> |
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| Java Docs</a> - Java API documentation</li> |
| <li><a href="../refLib.html">Reference Library</a> - This document provides |
| additional information to developers on WS-* specifications, Java |
| language specifications, Subversion (SVN) control etc.</li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| <h2>References</h2> |
| |
| <p>Gives you a list of published articles, tutorials and Questions-Answers on |
| Apache Axis2. <a href="../articles.html">Check them out</a> for that extra |
| knowledge on the next generation Web services engine Apache Axis2. Be |
| Informed and up-to-date!</p> |
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