Invoking Web services with Java clients (IBM developerWorks) [LWN.net]

Bertrand Portier discusses Java web services on IBM's developerWorks. "In this article, IBM developer Bertrand Portier describes the different types of Java Web services clients and explains how to write portable, vendor independent code. There are two families of Web services clients in the Java world: unmanaged and J2EE container-managed clients. The article starts by briefly describing the Web services invocation process and the Web services standards for Java environments. The two families of Java Web services clients are then described, including their similarities and differences for the two steps they need to perform: service lookup and access."

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