JEUS 8 Web services support JAX-WS web services as well as JAX-RPC web services for backward compatibility with JEUS 5 Web services. The previous chapters have discussed about several JAX-WS functionalities including creating and running JAX-WS web services and client programs. The chapters in this part will discuss about JAX-RPC web services supported by JEUS 8 for backward compatibility.
The difference between JAX-WS and JAX-RPC web services, in brief, is that JAXWS web service is a standard JavaEE 7 web service, while JAX-RPC web service is a standard J2EE 1.4 web service. JEUS 8 web services support JAX-WS web services as well as JAX-RPC web services for backward compatibility.
JAX-RPC web services require additional implementations of deployment descriptors and JAX-RPC mapping files in comparison to JAX-WS Web services. The following chapters describe in detail how JEUS 8 web services support JAX-RPC web services.
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