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There SOAP stack space has gotten more crowded recently. This chart is to help you decide which stack to use. If you have any corrections/additions please direct them to the mailing list.

Also if XFire is missing a particular features be sure to file an issue for it or request it on the list.

Last Date of Comparison: 7/20/2005

General Features

Feature ActiveSOAP (CVS) Axis 1.2.x Axis 2 (0.9) Glue XFire (M5-CVS)
Basic Profile 1.1 Compliant X X X X X
Easily Embedded X   X X X
DIME   X   X  
Easily Create Services from POJOs       X X
JAX-RPC   X   X?  
JBI (See ServiceMix)   ?     X
JSR 181   X     X
JSR 181 via commons-attributes         X
MTOM     X   Experimental in CVS
Open Source X X X   X
Soap 1.1 X X X X X
Soap 1.2 X X X X X
Soap w/ Attachments   X In 1.0 X  
StAX based X   X   X
WSDL 1.1 Support   X X X X
WSDL 2.0 Support     X    
WSDL->Code (Client)   X X X X (With XMLBeans)
WSDL->Code (Server)   X X X  

Containers

Feature ActiveSOAP Axis 1.x Axis 2.x Glue XFire
Spring X X     X
Plexus          
Loom         X

Transports

Feature ActiveSOAP Axis 1.x Axis 2.x Glue XFire
Http X X X X X
JMS X X   X X
Jabber   Experimental     X
SMTP   X X    

WS-*

Feature ActiveSOAP Axis 1.x Axis 2.x Glue XFire
Addressing   X X X X (In CVS)
Security   X   X  
Eventing X