JAX-WS 2.0 Beta
Release Notes

Last Modified: 11/3/05

Online Documentation

The documentation for JAX-WS 2.0 as well as the sample applications will be periodically updated in the JAX-WS project on Java.net.

Please go to http://jax-ws.dev.java.net for the latest documentation and samples.

Required Software

Requires JDK 5.0 Update 2 or later
Requires Ant 1.6.2 or later
Requires Sun Java System Application Server 8.1 UR1 (Application Server) or later (if you intend to deploy Web service endpoints)

What This Release Includes

This release implements the Java^TMfor XML Web Services 2.0 Specification.

What's New in This Release

Implemenation of JAX-WS 2.0 PFD APIs
Implementation of Java SE based Endpoints

Installation Instructions

The following applies to the JAX-WS standalone bundles. If you have installed JAX-WS as part of the JWSDP, then installation is complete.

Once the JAX-WS 2.0 Beta bundle is extracted, it needs to be installed on the Application Server. Make sure AS_HOME is set to the installation directory of the Application Server. You need to invoke ANT_HOME/bin/ant install command from the root directory of the extracted bundle to install JAX-WS 2.0 binaries on the Application Server. However this step is required if you intend to build and deploy a Web service on the Application Server.

If you intend to only invoke an already existing Web service, then alternatively you can use the wsimport and wsgen scripts in the bin directory of the JAX-WS 2.0 Beta bundle.

Current Limitations

Known Bugs/Issues

Although JAX-WS customizations are portable accross implementations, the names of WSDL and schema files generated are not specified. Therefore each vendor may and most likely will generate different names. Therefore, when switching between implementations of JAX-WS, it may be necessary to modify your customization files to reflect different WSDL and schema file names.
This holds true for different releases of the JAX-WS RI. The JAX-WS RI may in each release change these file names to resolve bugs. If and when this does occur, a developer would need to change the filenames in their customization files to match the new file names.

For More Information

For white papers and the latest JAX-WS technology and documentation, go to http://jax-ws.dev.java.net.

Please use the JAXB 2.0 and JAXWS 2.0 forum for feedback.

NOTE: JSR181-api.jar

Any EA/Beta version of JAX-WS may include a jsr181-api.jar file that is based upon anticipated changes to the 181 specification to align with JAX-WS. These anticipated changes maybe incorrect, may change and are not officially part of 181.

Any FCS version of JAX-WS will ship a 181 maintenance compliant jsr181-api.jar file.

JAX-WS 2.0 Beta Release Notes