Java WebService Pack Comparision Matrix

source: http://wiki.apache.org/ws/StackComparison

StackComparison

General Features

Feature	Axis 1.x	Axis2	Celtix	Glue	JBossWS	XFire (1.2)	GlassFish
Basic Profile 1.1 Compliant	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
DIME	X			X
Easily Create Services from POJOs	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
MTOM		X			X	X	X
Open Source	X	X	X		X	X	X
RPC-Encoding	X			X	X		X [6]
Spring Support	X	X	X			X
REST Support		X					X
IDEA Plugins		X			X	X	X
Eclipse Plugins		X			X	X	X
NetBeans Plugins							X
Hot Deployment		X			X	?	X
Soap 1.1	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Soap 1.2	X	X		X	X	X	X
Soap w/ Attachments	X	X		X	X		X
Streaming XML (StAX based)		X				X	X
WSDL->Code (Client)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
WSDL->Code (Server)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Client-side Asynchrony		X					X
Server-side Asynchrony		X					X

Web Services related JSR standards

Feature	Axis 1.x	Axis2	Celtix	Glue	JBossWS	XFire (1.2)	GlassFish
JAX-RPC	X			X?	X		X
JAX-WS			X			[Early Access JAX-WS]	X [5]
JSR 181	X		X		X	X	X
JSR 181 on java 1.4					X	X
SAAJ (1.2/1.3)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
JSR 109							X
JBI							X
EJB 3.0							X

Data Bindings

Feature	Axis 1.x	Axis2	Celtix	Glue	JBossWS	XFire	GlassFish
XMLBeans Support	X	X				X
Castor Support	X					X
JiBX		X	X			X
JAXB	X	X			X	X	X [5]

WS-*

Feature	Axis 1.x	Axis2	Celtix	Glue	JBossWS	XFire	GlassFish
WS-Addressing	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
WS-Eventing		X			X
WS-Notification	X			?		?
WS-ReliableMessaging	X	X	X				X
WS-Policy		X					X
WS-Security Policy							X
WS-Security	X	X		X	X	X	X
WS-Trust		X					X
WS-Secure Conversation		X					X
WS-Metadata Exchange							X
WS-Atomic Transaction							X
WS-Coordination							X
WSDL 1.1 Support	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
WSDL 2.0 Support		X

Transports

Feature	Axis 1.x	Axis2	Celtix	Glue	JBossWS	XFire	GlassFish
HTTP	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
JMS	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Jabber	Experimental					X
SMTP/POP3	X	X					X [6]
TCP	X	X					X

Encoding Table

Feature	Axis 1.x	Axis2	Celtix	Glue	JBossWS	XFire	GlassFish
XML Textual	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
MTOM		X			X	X	X
FastInfoset							X

===== Notes =====
#1 Bootstrapped this page from XFire Stack Comparion page on Oct 9, 2006.
#2 Removed forward looking statements like "Coming in ..."
#3 Removed JBI JSR as none of the soap stacks here are packaged out of the box with a JBI container.
#4 Replaced "Via..." with "?"
#5 JAX-RPC 1.1, JAX-WS 2.0 and JAX-WS 2.1 RI are combined together in GlassFish. Similarly JAXB 2.0 and JAXB 2.1 are combined together in GlassFish. JAX-WS 2.0 and JAXB 2.0 functionality is available in java SE 6 as well.
#6 Only available through the JAX-RPC 1.1 APIs.

last edited 2006-10-19 16:08:50 by EduardoPelegri