Axis is necessary ?

[Haroldo Nascimento]

Hi

I saw that many peolple use Axis in the developement of Web Services.
What is Axis ?
What is the advanatges of Axis ?
I am using only API of jwsdp1.4 to create my RPC Web Services. I need to use the API Axis to get any new feature ?

thanks.

[Lasse Koskela]

Originally posted by Haroldo Nascimento:
What is Axis ?

Axis is an open source Java web services platform. It can be used to develop SOAP-based web services and clients. Generally speaking, Axis is an alternative for the JWSDP.

Originally posted by Haroldo Nascimento:
What is the advanatges of Axis ?

Axis has a large user base, which leads to better chances of getting help in forums like ours.

Originally posted by Haroldo Nascimento:
I am using only API of jwsdp1.4 to create my RPC Web Services. I need to use the API Axis to get any new feature ?

Open source products often implement certain "bleeding edge" features before commercial alternatives. Without knowledge of the recent versions of JWSDP, I can't really say which features Axis would provide that are missing from JWSDP.