Axis2 Release Notes

This is the Apache Axis2 0.95 release

Complete Features List

1. 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.
2. Support for One-Way Messaging (In-Only) and Request Response Messaging (In-Out).
3. Module Architecture, mechanism to extend the SOAP Processing model.
4. Module version support, can have multiple versions of the same module and use them depending on the requirement.
5. Content hierarchy
6. Archive based deployment model and Directory based deployment model
7. JWS like deployment (making Java class into Web service)
8. WSDL Code Generation tool for stubs and skeletons
9. WS-Addressing, both the submission (2004/08) and final (2005/08) versions
10. WSS4J module for security
11. Improved and user friendly Client API
12. WSDL2Java and Java2WSDL
13. REST (REpresentational State Transfer) Support
14. Transports supports: HTTP, SMTP, TCP, JMS
15. Raw XML providers
16. Support for MTOM/ MIME/ SwA
17. SAAJ implementation
18. DOOM
19. Pack/Unpack capability for the generated code
20. Axis Data Binding - ADB (Framework and Schema Compiler)
21. Numerous bug fixes since last release
22. Transport framework improvements (ListenerManager) - New
23. AxisServlet auto starts when the application server starts up - New
24. Module disengagemnt support - New
25. Loading modules (.mar files) from classpath - New
26. Sessions scoping for Application, SOAP, Transport and Request levels - New

Experimental Features List

1. Server side and client side Web service Policy support
2. ?wsdl and ?xsd support
3. Generating ServiceClient for a given WSDL and invoke the corresponding service using generated client

Major Changes Since Last Release

1. Transport framework improvements (ListenerManager)
2. The way to add an action mapping (wsamapping) has been moved from being a parameter to a child element. With this version onwards the way of adding an action mapping is as follows:

   
<actionMapping>MyMapping</actionMapping>

3. Refactored following packages in Axiom:
   • org.apache.ws.commons.om.impl.llom.builder to org.apache.ws.commons.om.impl.builder
   • org.apache.ws.commons.om.impl.llom.mtom to org.apache.ws.commons.om.impl.mtom
   • org.apache.ws.commons.om.impl.llom.serialize to org.apache.ws.commons.om.impl.serialize
   • org.apache.ws.commons.om.impl.llom.traverse to org.apache.ws.commons.om.impl.traverse

Tools Included In This Release

1. Axis2 Web Application (Web App)
2. WSDL2WS - Command line version

What's Still To Do?

See list of what we think needs to be done, and consider helping out if you're interested and able!

1. JAX-RPC 1.1 and/or JAX-WS compliance
2. SOAP Encoding
3. Binary serialization and de-serialization support
4. Management Interface for Axis2
5. Implementation of other Transports.
6. Resource framework implementation (WS-RF) and Enterprise web services such as JSR 109 support
7. Completion of Interop tests

Axis2 is taking shape, this 0.95 release is a glimpse of 1.0 that is coming soon. If you happen to have a vision of how the next generation Web services platform should be, contribute to Apache Axis2, and help us shape it. Any contribution in the form of coding, testing, submitting improvements to the documentation, and reporting bugs are always welcome.

Thanks for your interest in Axis2!