About JAXR

JAXR enables Java software programmers to use a single, easy-to-use abstraction API to access a variety of XML registries. A unified JAXR information model describes content and metadata within XML registries.

JAXR gives developers the ability to write registry client programs that are portable across various target registries. JAXR also enables value-added capabilities beyond those of the underlying registries.

The current version of the JAXR specification includes detailed bindings between the JAXR information model and the ebXML Registry specifications. You can find the latest version of the JAXR specification at http://java.sun.com/xml/downloads/jaxr.html. The API documentation for JAXR is part of the API documentation for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE platform).

Service Registry includes a JAXR provider that implements the level 1 capability profile, which allows full access to ebXML registries. The ebXML specifications and the JAXR specification are not in perfect alignment, because the ebXML specifications have advanced beyond the JAXR specification. For this reason, the JAXR provider for the Registry includes some additional implementation-specific methods that implement the ebXML specifications. These additional methods are likely to be included in the next version of the JAXR specification.