# Welcome to Apache Axis2 version @axisVersion@

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    Just over 6 months since the original 1.0 release, we are very proud to
    announce the release of Apache Axis2 version @axisVersion@.

    Downloads are available at:
        http://ws.apache.org/axis2/download.cgi

    Apache Axis2 is a complete re-design and re-write of the widely used
    Apache Axis engine and is a more efficient, more scalable, more modular
    and more XML-oriented Web services framework. It is carefully designed to
    support the easy addition of plug-in "modules" that extend its
    functionality for features such as security and reliability.

    Modules supporting WS-Security/Secure-Conversation (Apache Rampart),
    WS-Trust (Apache Rahas), WS-Reliable Messaging (Apache Sandesha) and
    WS-Eventing (Apache Savan) will be available soon after the Apache Axis2
    @axisVersion@ release. Please see these projects' own sites for further information.

    Major Changes Since 1.0:
    - Significantly improved documentation
    - Significantly improved support for POJO services and clients
    - Significantly improved support for Spring services
    - Significantly improved Axis Data Binding (ADB) to increase schema
      coverage and overall stability
    - Improved service lifecycle model
    - Improved JMS support
    - Improved handler and module interfaces
    - Improved Eclipse and Idea plugins
    - New Attachments API for sending & receiving MTOM and SwA attachments
    - Built in support for WS-Policy via Apache Neethi
    - Added support for unwrapping Web service requests
    - Fixed tons of small and not-so-small bugs
    - Major refactoring of release structure to make usage easy

    Known Issues and Limitations in @axisVersion@ Release:
    - Unwrapping of response messages (coming in 1.2)
    - JSR @axisVersion@/183 Annotation support (coming in 1.2)
    - JaxMe and JAXBRI data binding support is experimental
    - Simple Axis Server does not support POX/REST

    Apache Axis2 1.1 is a major new release compared to Axis2 1.0. We are
    striving for a simple and happy first time user experience as well as a
    satisfying experienced user experience with this release. We welcome any
    and all feedback at:
        axis-user@ws.apache.org (please include "[axis2]" in the subject)
        axis-dev@ws.apache.org (please include "[axis2]" in the subject)
        http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2

    Thank you for your interest in Apache Axis2!

    The Axis2 Development Team
    http://ws.apache.org/axis2/

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    Features of Apache Axis2:

    Programming Model
       - Simple XML-centric client API with full WSDL and policy support
       - Support for POJO and Spring services and clients
       - Support for any message exchange pattern (MEP)
       - Synchronous and asynchronous programming model
       - Archived service deployment model supporting full service
         encapsulation with versioning support
       - Archived module deployment model supporting controlled
         extensibility with versioning support
       - Hot deployment
       - WS-Policy driven code generation extensions
       - Flexible service life cycle model
       - Automatic support for POX (REST) style invocation of services
       - Support for querying service's WSDL (with ?wsdl), schema (with
         ?xsd) and policies (with ?policy)

    Supported Specifications
       - SOAP 1.1 and 1.2
       - Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism (MTOM)
       - XML Optimized Packaging (XOP)
       - SOAP with Attachments
       - WSDL 1.1, including both SOAP and HTTP bindings
       - WS-Addressing submission and 1.0
       - WS-Policy
       - SAAJ 1.1

    Transports
       - HTTP
       - SMTP
       - JMS
       - TCP

    Supported Data Bindings
       - Axis Data Binding (ADB)
       - XMLBeans
       - JibX
       - JaxMe (Experimental)
       - JaxBRI (Experimental)

    Tools
       - WSDL2Java: Generate Java stubs and skeletons from a WSDL document.
       - Java2WSDL: Generate a WSDL document from a Java class.
       - Eclipse Plugins
       - IntelliJ Idea Plugins
       - Maven2 Plugins
       - Web application for administering Apache Axis2