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From: James M Snell <jasnell@us.ibm.com>
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Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 10:21:30 -0800
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IMHO, Axis should provide nothing more than the foundation 
(SOAP+JAX-RPC+SAAJ).  JSR172, WS-*, and other things should be kept out as 
separate subprojects.  Personally, I'd like to see us start to explore 
feature requirements for a 2.0 workstream.  A few items I see in 
particular:

1. Architecture cleanup.  I'm not talking a complete revamp like we saw 
SOAP-->Axis, just a cleanup of many of the architectural elements such as 
the handler framework, WSDL2Java/Java2WSDL pluggability, asynchronous 
operation, etc.
2. SOAP 1.2 support, including support for pluggable SOAP 1.2 Feature 
implementations  (e.g. it should be possible to build something like 
WS-ReliableMessaging support into a module that can be plugged into Axis 
so that services are automatically capable of using it)
3. JAX-RPC and SAAJ of course
4. Better integration of WSIF as a programming interface for Axis (as an 
alternative to JAX-RPC when a more WSDL-based view is necessary).  This 
would include a converged WSIF/Axis message model
5. A cleaner separation between runtime components and development 
components (e.g. the WSDL code could be separated out into a separate jar 
and made optional.)
6. An improved XSD Parser
7. Autodetected Plugin based deployment of handlers, providers, etc.  It 
should be possible to drop a jar file containing Axis component 
implementations into the classpath and have Axis automatically detect and 
deploy them.
8. WSDL 1.2 support

Keep in mind... I'm saying that we should start to *explore* the feature 
requirements... I'm not saying that we should start to design or implement 
2.0 yet.

- James Snell
     IBM Emerging Technologies
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     Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. 
     Do not be terrified, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your 
     God will be with you whereever you go.    - Joshua 1:9


Davanum Srinivas <dims@yahoo.com>
03/14/2003 09:33 AM
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Dan, Folks,

Here's what i see coming up for Axis..

- JAXRPC 1.1
- SAAJ 1.2
- SOAP 1.2
- WSDL 1.2 (2.0?)
- JSR 172 (J2ME Web Services Specification)?
- WS-* specifications?
- Anything else?

My feeling is that we should target the first 3 for Axis 1.2 release

Thanks,
dims

--- Dan Diephouse <dan@envoisolutions.com> wrote:
> May I ask the unanswerable question: when will the 2.x stream start? :)
>
> More specifically, is 1.2 going to be the last one in the 1.x stream? On
> previous experience I would say that this is going to be released in the 
next
> two months, but I could be wrong.
>
> - Dan
>
> James M Snell wrote:
> > For the Axis 1.x workstream, I'd say -1 to this.  As Axis 1.x is a
> > released product, I am very reluctant to change a process that already
> > works.  It may not be 100% ideal but that's the nature of the OSS 
beast.
> > It works.
> >
> > When the Axis 2.x workstream launches, I'd say we can revisit this
> > question and see what makes the most sense based on the merits of the
> > individual technologies.
> >
> > - James Snell
> >      IBM Emerging Technologies
> >      jasnell@us.ibm.com
> >      (877) 511-5082 (voice/fax)   ** NEW NUMBER **
> >      (700) 930-1979 (t/l)                ** NEW NUMBER **
> >      Programming Web Services With SOAP
> >          O'Reilly & Associates, ISBN 0596000952
> >
> >      Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous.
> >      Do not be terrified, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your
> >      God will be with you whereever you go.    - Joshua 1:9
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Dan Diephouse
> http://junktoast.com
>
>


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Davanum Srinivas - http://webservices.apache.org/~dims/

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