Axis Beta 1 Release Notes

This is the beta 1 release of the Axis SOAP library. (Wondering what Axis is? Please see our FAQ.)

General Beta 1 Information

This is a beta release. Most of the functionality is there. There is still a chance that a few interfaces may change, but we will do our best to keep that from happening. See the User's Guide for a list of the published interfaces that we believe are stable. This beta release is closer to JAX-RPC compliance than the alpha, but JAX-RPC is still a moving target, so those interfaces still have the potential to change.

Why AXIS over SOAP 2.2? The Axis code has:

• Significantly higher performance than Apache SOAP 2.2
• Good interoperability with other SOAP implementations
• A streaming-oriented model for message parsing (SAX, not DOM)
• A modular, configurable message handling architecture
• A pluggable transport framework
• Support for WSDL generation and code generation from WSDL
• An extensive package and functional test suite

Early adopters and advanced SOAP developers will find this release to be of interest. Most Apache SOAP users, and those who need a fully featured next-version replacement for Apache SOAP 2.2, may wish to use this beta, but they should be aware that, as a beta, functionality and interfaces may change, though we will do our best to minimize the impact of such changes.

What's New?

Changes since alpha-3:

• Closer to JAX-RPC compliance.
• Support for SOAP Messages with Attachments.
• Much better XML schema type support.
• Document/literal support.
• Now using the org.apache.commons.logging APIs as a common logging interface.
• Many minor bug fixes.