Java Web Services Developer Pack 2.0

Sun Announces Update to Award-Winning Java Web Services Developer Pack

Latest Release Previews Web Services Innovations Targeted for Next-Generation Java Standard Edition and Java Enterprise Edition Platforms

Santa Clara, California, USA. March 20, 2006.

Sun Microsystems Inc., the creator and leading advocate of Java technology, today announced it has released the Java Web Services Developer Pack 2.0 (Java WSDP), which features advanced web service technologies scheduled for inclusion in next-generation versions of the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) and Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE). In addition, Sun is providing this enhanced web services development for Web Services with the NetBeans 5.0 IDE — bundled with the Sun Java System Application Server — to enable developers to speedily implement, debug and deploy web services.

"The Web Services Developer Pack has been a popular favorite with developers through several releases now," said Jeff Jackson, senior vice president of Java, Enterprise and Developer Tools, Sun. "This latest release continues to deliver breakthrough technology for developing Web Services applications — giving developers a head start on some major enhancements in service oriented architectures."

The Java WSDP, as part of the open source GlassFish project, is a freely available integrated toolkit that developers can use to build, test and deploy web services with the latest web service technologies and standards implementations. The latest release of this popular download provides benefits from a variety of innovations:

Use next-generation XML and Web services technologies slated for inclusion into Sun's industry-standard Java deployment platforms.
Enhance web services performance without revising WSDL files or application code thanks to updated Fast Infoset features.
Provide greater web services application security features with enhanced XWSS technologies.
Continue to enjoy Java interoperability and portability across platforms and devices, including those from Sun and other vendors.
Simplify and lower the cost of legacy application integration, data interchange, and publishing in a Web environment.

The Java WSDP 2.0 release offers next-generation web services through JAX-WS 2.0 EA, JAXB 2.0 EA, and SAAJ 1.3 EA technologies. Together these components support a new architecture, with more logical relationships between web services description, data binding, and SOAP attachment processing. The result is web services applications that are easier to develop, and more efficient and reliable to deploy.

Web Service development is further simplified with NetBeans 5.0, which uses the Java Web Services Developer Pack to develop web services clients. Users can develop next generation web services based on JAX-WS 2.0 & JAXB 2.0 using the NetBeans 5.0 IDE, an open-source IDE project sponsored by Sun, and the Java System Application Server, Platform Edition 8.2.

The Java WSDP 2.0 also includes JAX-WSA 1.0, which is Sun's implementation of the WS-Addressing specification http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/addr/ from the World Wide Web Consortium. This is Sun's first deliverable in the major Sun/Microsoft collaboration on Web services announced earlier in 2005.

The Java WSDP 2.0 is available for free download at http://java.sun.com/webservices/downloads/webservicespack.html today. Also available is the NetBeans IDE 5.0 with the Sun Java System Application Server, Platform Edition at http://www.netbeans.info/downloads/download.php?type=5.0

The Java Web Services Developer Pack recently won a number of Java Developers Journal Reader's Choice Awards (http://jdj.sys-con.com/read/171303_2.htm) including "Best Framework for SOA and Web Services".

NetBeans Software Day

The third annual NetBeans Software Day is a free event taking place on Monday 15 May 2006 at the Argent Hotel in San Francisco. James Gosling, the father of Java technology, and other Java technology luminaries will be present to discuss the NetBeans software and the future of Java developer tools. There is no charge to attend this event and attendees do not need to be registered for the JavaOne conference. Space is limited. Visit: http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/netbeansday.jsp.

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

A singular vision — "The Network Is The Computer" — guides Sun in the development of technologies that power the world's most important markets. Sun's philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at sun.com. Subscribe to Sun newswire at http://sun.com/news.

Contact

Terri Molini
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Tel: +1 (408) 404-4976
Email: terri.molini@sun.com

Additional References

JAX-WSA:
- Java API for XML Web Services Addressing (JAX-WSA)
- JAX-WSA Project
- JAX-WSA 1.0 EA Examples Explained
- JCP - JSR 261: Java API for XML Web Services Addressing (JAX-WSA) "The Java APIs for XML-based Web Services Addressing (JAX-WSA) 1.0 specification will define APIs and a framework for supporting transport-neutral addressing of Web services. JAX-WSA will align with JSR 224 (Java API for XML-based RPC 2.0) to define this API and the framework."
- "Web Services Addressing (WS-Addressing)"
Java API for XML Web Services (JAX-WS). "The Java API for XML Web Services (JAX-WS) is the centerpiece of a newly rearchitected API stack for Web services, the so-called "integrated stack" that includes JAX-WS 2.0, JAXB 2.0, and SAAJ 1.3. The integrated stack represents a logical rearchitecture of Web services functionality in the Java WSDP. JAX-WS is designed to take the place of JAX-RPC in Web services and Web applications."
Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB). "JAXB provides a convenient way to bind an XML schema to a representation in Java code. This makes it easy for you to incorporate XML data and processing functions in applications based on Java technology without having to know much about XML itself."
Fast Infoset. "The Fast Infoset standard draft, being developed as joint work by ISO/IEC JTC 1 and ITU-T, specifies a binary format for XML infosets that is an efficient alternative to XML. An instance of this binary format is called a fast infoset document. Fast infoset documents are analogous to XML documents. Each has a physical form and an XML infoset. Fast infoset documents are, given the results presented, faster to serialize and parse, and smaller in size, than the equivalent XML documents."
SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ). "SAAJ provides a standard way to send XML documents over the Internet from the Java platform. SAAJ 1.3 EA, with support for SOAP 1.2, is shipped in Java WSDP 2.0.

Prepared by Robin Cover for The XML Cover Pages archive.

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Sun Microsystems Inc., the creator and leading advocate of Java technology, today announced it has released the Java Web Services Developer Pack 2.0 (Java WSDP), which features advanced web service technologies scheduled for inclusion in next-generation versions of the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) and Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE). In addition, Sun is providing this enhanced web services development for Web Services with the NetBeans 5.0 IDE — bundled with the Sun Java System Application Server — to enable developers to speedily implement, debug and deploy web services. "The Web Services Developer Pack has been a popular favorite with developers through several releases now," said Jeff Jackson, senior vice president of Java, Enterprise and Developer Tools, Sun. "This latest release continues to deliver breakthrough technology for developing Web Services applications — giving developers a head start on some major enhancements in service oriented architectures." The Java WSDP, as part of the open source GlassFish project, is a freely available integrated toolkit that developers can use to build, test and deploy web services with the latest web service technologies and standards implementations. The latest release of this popular download provides benefits from a variety of innovations: Use next-generation XML and Web services technologies slated for inclusion into Sun's industry-standard Java deployment platforms. Enhance web services performance without revising WSDL files or application code thanks to updated Fast Infoset features. Provide greater web services application security features with enhanced XWSS technologies. Continue to enjoy Java interoperability and portability across platforms and devices, including those from Sun and other vendors. Simplify and lower the cost of legacy application integration, data interchange, and publishing in a Web environment. The Java WSDP 2.0 release offers next-generation web services through JAX-WS 2.0 EA, JAXB 2.0 EA, and SAAJ 1.3 EA technologies. Together these components support a new architecture, with more logical relationships between web services description, data binding, and SOAP attachment processing. The result is web services applications that are easier to develop, and more efficient and reliable to deploy. Web Service development is further simplified with NetBeans 5.0, which uses the Java Web Services Developer Pack to develop web services clients. Users can develop next generation web services based on JAX-WS 2.0 & JAXB 2.0 using the NetBeans 5.0 IDE, an open-source IDE project sponsored by Sun, and the Java System Application Server, Platform Edition 8.2. The Java WSDP 2.0 also includes JAX-WSA 1.0, which is Sun's implementation of the WS-Addressing specification http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/addr/ from the World Wide Web Consortium. This is Sun's first deliverable in the major Sun/Microsoft collaboration on Web services announced earlier in 2005. The Java WSDP 2.0 is available for free download at http://java.sun.com/webservices/downloads/webservicespack.html today. Also available is the NetBeans IDE 5.0 with the Sun Java System Application Server, Platform Edition at http://www.netbeans.info/downloads/download.php?type=5.0 The Java Web Services Developer Pack recently won a number of Java Developers Journal Reader's Choice Awards (http://jdj.sys-con.com/read/171303_2.htm) including "Best Framework for SOA and Web Services". NetBeans Software Day The third annual NetBeans Software Day is a free event taking place on Monday 15 May 2006 at the Argent Hotel in San Francisco. James Gosling, the father of Java technology, and other Java technology luminaries will be present to discuss the NetBeans software and the future of Java developer tools. There is no charge to attend this event and attendees do not need to be registered for the JavaOne conference. Space is limited. Visit: http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/netbeansday.jsp. About Sun Microsystems, Inc. A singular vision — "The Network Is The Computer" — guides Sun in the development of technologies that power the world's most important markets. Sun's philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at sun.com. Subscribe to Sun newswire at http://sun.com/news. Contact Terri Molini Sun Microsystems, Inc. Tel: +1 (408) 404-4976 Email: terri.molini@sun.com Additional References JAX-WSA: Java API for XML Web Services Addressing (JAX-WSA) JAX-WSA Project JAX-WSA 1.0 EA Examples Explained JCP - JSR 261: Java API for XML Web Services Addressing (JAX-WSA) "The Java APIs for XML-based Web Services Addressing (JAX-WSA) 1.0 specification will define APIs and a framework for supporting transport-neutral addressing of Web services. JAX-WSA will align with JSR 224 (Java API for XML-based RPC 2.0) to define this API and the framework." "Web Services Addressing (WS-Addressing)" Java API for XML Web Services (JAX-WS). "The Java API for XML Web Services (JAX-WS) is the centerpiece of a newly rearchitected API stack for Web services, the so-called "integrated stack" that includes JAX-WS 2.0, JAXB 2.0, and SAAJ 1.3. The integrated stack represents a logical rearchitecture of Web services functionality in the Java WSDP. JAX-WS is designed to take the place of JAX-RPC in Web services and Web applications." Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB). "JAXB provides a convenient way to bind an XML schema to a representation in Java code. This makes it easy for you to incorporate XML data and processing functions in applications based on Java technology without having to know much about XML itself." Fast Infoset. "The Fast Infoset standard draft, being developed as joint work by ISO/IEC JTC 1 and ITU-T, specifies a binary format for XML infosets that is an efficient alternative to XML. An instance of this binary format is called a fast infoset document. Fast infoset documents are analogous to XML documents. Each has a physical form and an XML infoset. Fast infoset documents are, given the results presented, faster to serialize and parse, and smaller in size, than the equivalent XML documents." SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ). "SAAJ provides a standard way to send XML documents over the Internet from the Java platform. SAAJ 1.3 EA, with support for SOAP 1.2, is shipped in Java WSDP 2.0. Prepared by Robin Cover for The XML Cover Pages archive.