Anne,
In general what you said is true, however in JAXRPC 1.1 it is possible to turn
off data binding, thus exposing the XML (SOAPElement) to the endpoints.
Therefore JAXRPC can be used for Document style services directly.
Anne Thomas Manes wrote:
> JAX-RPC and JSR-109 support both RPC and Document style services, but
> both APIs are designed to support an RMI-style programming interface --
> meaning that the JAX-RPC runtime performs automatic marshalling and
> unmarshalling of SOAP messages -- automatically converting Java objects
> to XML and vice versa. If you prefer to build XML-oriented applications
> then you probably want to use JAXM rather than JAX-RPC.
>
> Anne
>
> At 04:55 AM 1/23/2004, you wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the information Anne. Now I get a better idea of what
>> JSR-109 is. It seems like a pretty useful specification.
>>
>> I understand that JSR-109 doesn't force you to use EJBs, you can have
>> a servlet implementation or an EJB implementation in a JSR-109 web
>> service, which is great. But I still get the impression that it forces
>> you to use a procedure-oriented model for building web services. Is it
>> possible to build document-oriented web services using JSR-109?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mete
>>
>> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>> From: Anne Thomas Manes <anne_at_manes.net>
>> Reply-To: users_at_jax-rpc.dev.java.net
>> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 18:12:56 +0100
>>
>> >Mete,
>> >
>> >The JAX-RPC spec defines a framework for Web services that can work in a
>> >variety of Java environments -- including J2SE, Servlet engines, and
>> J2EE.
>> >But it provides a complete specification only for the servlet-based
>> >environment. JSR-109 provides the complete specification for JAX-RPC
>> in a
>> >J2EE environment. It doesn't require that you use EJBs, but it does
>> specify
>> >how to map JAX-RPC to EJBs. I think that the most critical extra
>> value of
>> >JSR-109 over plain JAX-RPC is that it defines a standard deployment
>> >descriptor for Web services.
>> >
>> >Anne
>> >
>> >At 10:36 AM 1/23/2004, you wrote:
>> >>Hello,
>> >>
>> >>I read the JSR-109 JSR page and I kind of get the impression that
>> JSR-109
>> >>suggests a framework for building web services. JAX-RPC is also a
>> >>framework for building web services but I get the impression that
>> Jsr-109
>> >>is a superset of JAX-RPC. One thing that confuses me is whether JSR-109
>> >>forces the use of EJBs. It is not clear from the JSR page. Can any
>> of you
>> >>help me with these questions.
>> >>
>> >>1) What really is JSR-109? Can someone give a better explanation
>> than the
>> >>one found on the JSR page?
>> >>
>> >>2) Does JSR-109 force the use of EJBs in web service development? Can I
>> >>use JSR-109 without using EJBs?
>> >>
>> >>3) What are the advantages of using JSR-109 compared with just using
>> >>JAX-RPC alone? What does JSR-109 buy me on top of JAX-RPC?
>> >>
>> >>Thanks,
>> >>Mete
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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