Apache Downloads

Sun Downloads

Sun Microsystems provides several tools that make the Java Web Services shown in this book possible. The most important of these downloads is Java, but the Java Activation Framework and JavaMail are also important.

Java Version 1.4.0

Available at:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/

The author used Version 1.4.0 to compile the examples found in the book.

JavaBeans Activation Framework

Available at:

http://java.sun.com/products/javabeans/glasgow/jaf.html

The JavaBeans Activation Framework is required by both Apache SOAP and Axis.

JavaMail

Available at:

http://java.sun.com/products/javamail/

An API that allows you to send attachments and manipulate e-mail through Java. Axis uses this to send attachments through SOAP messages.