Just over one and half years since the 1.5 release, we are very proud to
announce the release of Apache Axis2 version @axisVersion@.
Downloads are available at:
http://ws.apache.org/axis2/download.cgi
Apache Axis2 is a complete re-design and re-write of the widely used
Apache Axis engine and is a more efficient, more scalable, more modular
and more XML-oriented Web services framework. It is carefully designed to
support the easy addition of plug-in "modules" that extend its
functionality for features such as security and reliability.
Modules supporting WS-Security/Secure-Conversation (Apache Rampart),
WS-Trust (Apache Rahas), WS-Reliable Messaging (Apache Sandesha) and
WS-Eventing (Apache Savan) will be available soon after the Apache Axis2
@axisVersion@ release. Please see these projects' own sites for further information.
Known Issues and Limitations in @axisVersion@ Release:
- Please see JIRA
We are striving for a simple and happy first time user experience as well as a
satisfying experienced user experience with this release. We welcome any
and all feedback at:
java-user@axis.apache.org (please include "[axis2]" in the subject)
java-dev@axis.apache.org (please include "[axis2]" in the subject)
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2
Thank you for your interest in Apache Axis2!
The Axis2 Development Team
http://ws.apache.org/axis2/
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Features of Apache Axis2:
Programming Model
- Simple XML-centric client API with full WSDL and policy support
- Support for POJO and Spring services and clients
- Support for any message exchange pattern (MEP)
- Synchronous and asynchronous programming model
- Archived service deployment model supporting full service
encapsulation with versioning support
- Archived module deployment model supporting controlled
extensibility with versioning support
- Hot deployment
- WS-Policy driven code generation extensions
- Flexible service life cycle model
- Automatic support for POX (REST) style invocation of services
- Support for querying service's WSDL (with ?wsdl), schema (with
?xsd) and policies (with ?policy)
Supported Specifications
- SOAP 1.1 and 1.2
- Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism (MTOM)
- XML Optimized Packaging (XOP)
- SOAP with Attachments
- WSDL 1.1, including both SOAP and HTTP bindings
- WS-Addressing submission and 1.0
- WS-Policy
- SAAJ 1.1
Transports
- HTTP
- SMTP
- JMS
- TCP
Supported Data Bindings
- Axis Data Binding (ADB)
- XMLBeans
- JibX
- JaxBRI (Experimental)
Tools
- WSDL2Java: Generate Java stubs and skeletons from a WSDL document.
- Java2WSDL: Generate a WSDL document from a Java class.
- Eclipse Plugins
- IntelliJ Idea Plugins
- Maven2 Plugins
- Web application for administering Apache Axis2
Bugs marked as Resolved/Fixed for 1.6 Release:
Follow the filter Issues fixed for the 1.6 release