The Spring guys have released version 1.0 of their web services framework. The framework contains:
- simplified methods to create contract-first web services (Java classes from XML schemas)
- a clean client-side API
- standardized access to O/X (object to XML) mapping tools like Castor, XMLBeans and JiXB that allow you to marshal and unmarshal XML easily
As we have come to expect, all of these components can be mixed and matched and used as standalone components. After my first look, I’m really impressed. Java web services don’t get much easier than this.