WebServices with Java, Axis, XDoclet and Eclipse

The Axis framework of Apache (http://xml.apache.de/axis) supplies the necessary basis for providing web services to Java. With Axis, web services can easily be used , i.e. as client to call a web service and it alos offers extensive support for developing web services.

Axis cannot publish the web service itself, but runs as servlet in a servlet container such as Tomcat or JBOSS.