Web services aren’t a technology unto themselves, but rather a new programming model that simply makes use of a few common technology specifications. The basic building blocks of a Web service are ...

The hype surrounding Web service technologies continues to swell, with acronyms like XML, UDDI, WSDL, and SOAP becoming commonplace. Both Microsoft and Sun have recast their direction to embrace Web ...

Now that Web services have firmly established themselves in the enterprise, developers face mounting pressure to keep up with the latest development and deployment technologies — sometimes even before ...

It's not hard to create a RESTful web service in Java. In fact, frameworks like Spring Boot, the Eclipse MicroProfile and Jakarta Enterprise Edition make the development of RESTful Java applications ...

Sun Microsystems' Sun ONE (Open Net Environment)--powered by J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition)--offers a sturdy cross-platform solution for deploying Web services. But Sun has had to play a bit of ...

RESTful clients can update the score by invocating the same URL through a PUT invocation while also passing query parameters. Again, the program will return a JSON-based representation of the score ...

Karen Shipe, product line manager for Java XML technologies for Sun, said the Java Web Services Developer Pack is now available for download at http://java.sun.com ...

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...