SOAP Programming with Java

The Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) has come to occupy a central place in today's breed of modular applications known as Web Services. Building on your knowledge of XML, this book will help you create your own SOAP-based services that use not only HTTP but also the services media of the future: JMS, JavaSpaces, and JavaMail. You'll also learn how Web-enabled wireless devices fit into the world of SOAP-based computing.

The companion CD-ROM contains code for all the book's examples and a collection of programming tools, including XML utilities and a SOAP debugger. You also get a Java-based Web Service and a sample implementation of a Java Message Service, both built using SOAP.

Bill Brogden has been working with Java since version 1.0 was released. His first big Java project was an applet that presented animated near-real-time Major League Baseball games. Bill is employed by LANWrights, Inc., where he uses Java technology to develop online courseware. He has written several books about Java, including Java Developer's Guide to Servlets and JSP and Java Developer's Guide to E-Commerce with XML and JSP, both from Sybex. In his spare time, Bill reads science fiction and trains basset hounds. He lives in the woods near Austin, Texas, with his wife, Rebecca, and numerous hounds.