Woops!!! Totally forgot to post mappings. Here it goes. Feel free to challenge it and suggest changes.
4.1 Explain the service description model, client connection types, interaction modes, transport mechanisms/protocols, and endpoint types as they relate to JAX-RPC.
MAPPING: JAX-RPC 1.1 spec 2.1, 3-R01 through R09
4.2 Given a set of requirements for a web service, such as transactional needs, and security requirements, design and develop web service applications that use JAX-RPC servlet endpoints and stateless session bean endpoints.
MAPPING: EJB 2.1 spec 7.5.3, 7.11.9, 7.12.2, 7.12.7, 18.3.2, 18.4.1.2
Servlet 2.4 spec 13.1.1, 13.4-23
JAX-RPC 1.1 spec 2.2, chapter 10, 13
4.3 Given a set of requirements, design and develop a web sevice client, such as a J2EE client and a stand-alone
Java client, using the appropriate JAX-RPC client connection style.
MAPPING: EJB 2.1 spec 6.11, 5.5, 20.4
JAX-RPC 1.1 spec 9.2, 9.3
WSBluePrint 4.3, 4.4, 4.6
4.4 Given a set of requirements, develop and configure a web service client that accesses a stateful web service.
MAPPING: WSBluePrint 4.7.1
4.5 Explain the advantages and disadvantages of a WSDL to Java vs. a Java to WSDL development approach.
MAPPING: WSBluePrint 3.4.1
4.6 Describe the advantages and disadvantages of web service applications that use either synchronous/request response, one-way RPC, or non-blocking RPC invocation modes.
MAPPING: I DO NOT KNOW
4.7 Use the JAX-RPC Handler API to create a
SOAP message handler, describe the function of a handler chain, and describe the role of SAAJ when creating a message handler.
MAPPING: JAX-RPC 1.1 spec chapter 12 (at least section 12.1)
Hope this helps. I will work on other objectives eventually. I will post more info as I prepare it.