Axis 2 Vs Spring Web Services stack

[kri shan]

I am trying to expose already existing operations as Web Services. Axis 2 stack will create stub and skeleton classes / Spring Web Services will create Endpoints based on XSD - top-down approach. Which is the best web services stack based on performance / features / ease of use ?

[Ivan Krizsan]

Hi!
Have you tried using either of the web service stacks you are asking about?
If so, what experience have you had?
Here is a link to a comparison chart comparing different web service stacks: http://wiki.apache.org/ws/StackComparison
Please do not hesitate to share any experience you gain in this area!
Best wishes!

[kri shan]

Hi Ivan, Thanks for your link - comparison chart comparing different web service stacks(it gives really good information about different WS stacks). But this chart does not include Spring Web Services stack.

[Turian Vlad]

kri shan wrote:I am trying to expose already existing operations as Web Services. Axis 2 stack will create stub and skeleton classes / Spring Web Services will create Endpoints based on XSD - top-down approach. Which is the best web services stack based on performance / features / ease of use ?

Hi kri shan,
Axis 2 and Spring WS are very different things.
While we use Axis 2 for a contract last web service(that means that you write your business code, annotate it and the contract is generated least), Spring WS is used for contract first ws (the business code comes at the end).

the contract last web services are easier to implement but have some drawbacks.
on the other hand spring ws is really powerfull stuff. you will find more of it's advantages at: http://static.springsource.org/spring-ws/sites/1.5/reference/html/why-contract-first.html

recently th 2.0.0-RC2 version of spring-ws was released which has some important features (including but not restricted to annotation features , oxm features).

Cheers,
Vlad

[kri shan]

While we use Axis 2 for a contract last web service(that means that you write your business code, annotate it and the contract is generated least),

We can use Axis for contract first web service too and Spring-WS for contract-last web service too.

[Turian Vlad]

kri shan wrote:While we use Axis 2 for a contract last web service(that means that you write your business code, annotate it and the contract is generated least),

We can use Axis for contract first web service too and Spring-WS for contract-last web service too.

Is this a question or an affirmation because the Spring-WS developers clearly state that "Spring-WS only supports the contract-first development style", affirmation that you will find in chapter 2, subchapter 2.1 of the spring-ws 2.0.0-RC2 reference manual that comes with the above mentioned distribution of spring-ws.

You can download the distribution from: http://www.springsource.com/download/community

Cheers,
Vlad