Successful deployment of Java-based Web services requires detailed knowledge and understanding of fundamental concepts behind Web services, different Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) ...

Java Standard Edition (SE) 6 included support for Web services. This post begins a four-part series on Web services in Java SE by explaining what Web services are and overviewing Java SE’s support for ...

The Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC) provides support for Web Service calls using the SOAP/HTTP protocol. JAX-RPC defines the mapping between Java classes and XML as used in SOAP RPC calls.

Testing tools and methodologies for the web are in their infancy, most observers agree. The good news, though, is that some concepts and tools to help get you started do exist, and more are coming in ...