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<h1>Welcome to Apache Axis2 version 1.6.1</h1>

<h3>Aug 30, 2011</h3>

<pre>Axis2 1.6.1 is a maintenance release that upgrades Axiom to version 1.2.12 and
Neethi to version 3.0.1. It contains a set of changes to support the upcoming
Geronimo 3.0 release. In addition, it contains fixes for several issues discovered
over the last three months. The complete list can be found <a href="http://s.apache.org/axis2-1.6.1">here</a>.


About Axis2

Downloads are available at:
    http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/core/download.cgi

Apache Axis2 is a complete re-design and re-write of the widely used
Apache Axis engine and is a more efficient, more scalable, more modular
and more XML-oriented Web services framework. It is carefully designed to
support the easy addition of plug-in "modules" that extend its
functionality for features such as security and reliability.

Modules supporting WS-Security/Secure-Conversation (Apache Rampart),
WS-Trust (Apache Rahas), WS-Reliable Messaging (Apache Sandesha) and
WS-Eventing (Apache Savan) will be available soon after the Apache Axis2
@axisVersion@ release. Please see these projects' own sites for further information.

Known Issues and Limitations in 1.6.1 Release:
- Please see JIRA

We are striving for a simple and happy first time user experience as well as a
satisfying experienced user experience with this release. We welcome any
and all feedback at:
    java-user@axis.apache.org (please include "[axis2]" in the subject)
    java-dev@axis.apache.org (please include "[axis2]" in the subject)
    http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2

Thank you for your interest in Apache Axis2!

The Axis2 Development Team
http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/core/

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Features of Apache Axis2:

Programming Model
   - Simple XML-centric client API with full WSDL and policy support
   - Support for POJO and Spring services and clients
   - Support for any message exchange pattern (MEP)
   - Synchronous and asynchronous programming model
   - Archived service deployment model supporting full service
     encapsulation with versioning support
   - Archived module deployment model supporting controlled
     extensibility with versioning support
   - Hot deployment
   - WS-Policy driven code generation extensions
   - Flexible service life cycle model
   - Automatic support for POX (REST) style invocation of services
   - Support for querying service's WSDL (with ?wsdl), schema (with
     ?xsd) and policies (with ?policy)

Supported Specifications
   - SOAP 1.1 and 1.2
   - Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism (MTOM)
   - XML Optimized Packaging (XOP)
   - SOAP with Attachments
   - WSDL 1.1, including both SOAP and HTTP bindings , WSDL 2.0
   - WS-Addressing submission and 1.0
   - WS-Policy
   - SAAJ 1.1

Transports
   - HTTP
   - SMTP
   - JMS
   - TCP
   - udp
   - xmpp

For more details refer to the <a href="http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/transports/">Axis2 Transports</a> project. 

Supported Data Bindings
   - Axis Data Binding (ADB)
   - XMLBeans
   - JibX
   - JAXB

Tools
   - WSDL2Java: Generate Java stubs and skeletons from a WSDL document.
   - Java2WSDL: Generate a WSDL document from a Java class.
   - Eclipse Plugins
   - IntelliJ Idea Plugins
   - Maven2 Plugins
   - Web application for administering Apache Axis2
   
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