Web Services on JBoss

I’ve been working on a project which requires developing some web service endpoints. This is the first time I’ve had to develop Java web services and I came across a couple of issues which slowed me down. I am using JBoss 4.0.5.GA which comes packaged with JBossWS 1.0.3.SP1. I started out by going through the examples provided in Chapter 12 of the J2EE Users Guide which helped me get a template for my project. As I attempted to expand my project with multiple service endpoints I received errors during deployment using JBossWS 1.0.3.SP1.  I decided to upgrade to JBossWS 1.2.1.GA which is packaged in the 4.2.3.GA certified distribution of JBoss Application Server. The upgrade solved some of my initial issues but introduced a couple more, some of which are not documented in the official JBossWS users guide. Read more