J2EE Web Services: XML SOAP WSDL UDDI WS-I JAX-RPC JAXR SAAJ JAXP (Paperback)

by Richard Monson-Haefel (Author)

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Product Description
Web Services is the latest trend to hit the software industry. It promises to promote interoperability among disparate applications; i.e., applications written in different languages and running on diverse platforms. This book covers Web services protocols SOAP, WSDL, UDDI and the J2EE APIs that are used with these protocols including: JAX-RPC, JAXM, JWSDL, and JAXR. The author explains in detail how to use these Java APIs with the J2EE platform and also provides detailed information on security issues and interoperability between J2EE platforms and .NET. The book also includes a primer on XML, XSD and JAXP (the Java XML API), which is necessary basis for understanding how to process SOAP messages.

From the Back Cover

"J2EE™ Web Services is written in the tradition of the great books people have come to expect from author Richard Monson-Haefel. More than a complete and concise Web services reference, this essential guide is the way for J2EE developers to quickly master Web services architecture and development."
—Floyd Marinescu, Author, EJB Design Patterns; Director, TheServerSide.com

"This is the best—and most complete—description of J2EE Web services that I've seen. If you're a Java developer, you need this book."
—David Chappell, Chappell & Associates

Web services are revolutionizing the way enterprises conduct business, as they allow disparate applications to communicate and exchange business data. Now, Java 2, Enterprise Edition (J2EE™) delivers a complete Web services platform. But how do you make sense of the sea of acronyms in this emerging area? Richard Monson-Haefel comes to the rescue with this essential guide for Java developers who need to understand J2EE APIs for Web services and the Web services standards.

J2EE™ Web Services is a comprehensive guide to developing and deploying Web services using J2EE technology. Concentrating on standards sanctioned by the Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) for maximum interoperability, the author delves into Web-service standards and the J2EE 1.4 Web-service APIs and components with clear and engaging discussions.

Key topics covered include:

XML (eXtensible Markup Language) and XML Schema

SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)

WSDL (Web Services Description Language)

UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration)

JAX-RPC (Java API for XML-based RPC)

SAAJ (SOAP with Attachments API for Java)

JAXR (Java API for XML Registries)

JAXP (Java API for XML Processing)

The appendices complement this wealth of information with coverage of XML regular expressions, Base 64 encoding, DTDs (document type definitions), SOAP Messages with Attachments (SwA), RCP/Encoded SOAP messaging, and references to other resources. In short, this accessible reference will give Java developers the tools they need to use J2EE technologies and APIs to integrate both enterprise applications and Web-based applications.

0321146182B09222003

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Product Details

• Paperback: 928 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional (October 30, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321146182
• ISBN-13: 978-0321146182
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.1 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #216,136 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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40 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Typical Monson-Haefelian, November 24, 2005

By	Riccardo Audano (Chiavari, Italy) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Warning: this book is only a rumination on the J2EE web services specification, fat on "theory" and with absolutely no real code examples you can run and play with to learn. Unless you are someone who can learn playing tennis looking at people playing it, or become a musician by listening to music, I doubt you can become a web services developer by just reading words and code snippets.
As the author says: "this book doesn't attempt to cover installation, configuration, or deployment except in terms of standard J2EE requirements". I do believe that a decent tech book must have running code to support its explanations and support its value and usefulness. With this text Monson-Haefel is well on his way to win the "Most useless java book of the year" award.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just ok!, November 4, 2003

By	Ayesha Khan (Melbourne, Vic Australia) - See all my reviews

This book will teach you the basics you need to know about developing web services,it focus's on how to build Web services from Java and J2EE.Anybody who has a reasonable understanding of Java, J2ee and XML can easily cope with it.

25 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A useless book, March 12, 2004

By A Customer

There is NOT even one example in this book that can run on the computer. So, how can people learn web services by this book? Who is this book for? Is it for experts of web services? Experts do not need to read this book. Is it for people who don't know web services and want to learn? You cannot learn by this book. Is it a good reference book? NO. Therefore, this book is useless. Even the author himself doesn't know who is this book for. He wrote in his book:" It (the book) is more of a reference than a tutorial, but many of the chapters have a tutorial-like style. This book is designed to teach J2EE Web Services and is more than a reference." (page xxxiv of the book). From what the author wrote, we can see that this book is not a tutorial, and is not a good reference book. The author just copy and past some contents from Internet and mix up, that is the book.

Besides, the book repeats same XML document again and again, just wastes paper, and makes the book thick and heavy.

I wish this kind of book would disappear in amazon web site. I wnat to rate this book by 0 star.