Java XML Pack

The Java XML Pack is an all-in-one download of Java technologies for XML. Java XML Pack brings together several of the key industry standards for XML -- such as SAX, DOM, XSLT, SOAP, UDDI, ebXML, and WSDL -- into one convenient download, thereby giving developers the technologies needed to get started with Web applications and services.

Bundling the Java XML technologies together into a Java XML Pack ensures Java developers of a quick and easy development cycle for integration of XML functionality and standards support into their applications. Through support of these technologies in conjunction with the Java Platform, Java XML Pack technology enables interoperability between applications, services, and trading partners through a vendor-neutral platform that allows for sharing of custom industry standard data formats.

The Java XML Pack includes current publicly-available releases of Java APIs and Architectures for XML. The Java XML Pack will have frequent quarterly refreshes to ensure the underlying Java XML technology is the latest available.

Java XML Pack Summer 02 Release

Note: The Java Web Services Developer Pack 1.2 incorporates all of the technologies previously included in the Java XML Pack. The newly enhanced installer allows users to select individual technologies as appropriate for specific development requirements.

The Java XML Pack Summer 02 Release includes the following:

• Java API for XML Messaging (JAXM) v1.1


• Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) v1.2


• Java API for XML Registries (JAXR) v1.0_01


• Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC) v1.0


• SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ) v1.1

The Java API for XML Messaging (JAXM) enables developers to send and receive XML messages based on the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) 1.1 with attachments specification and contains profiles for ebXML TR&P and SOAP-RP.

The Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) enables developers to process XML documents by providing support for the XML processing standards SAX, DOM, and XSLT. Just added into the JAXP 1.2 reference implementation is support for XML schema and an XSLT compiler (XSLTC).

The Java API for XML Registries (JAXR) provides a uniform and standard Java API for interacting with XML registries such as UDDI and ebXML Registry/Repository.

The Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC) enables Java technology developers to build Web applications and Web services incorporating XML-based remote procedure call (RPC) functionality according to the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) 1.1 specification. By using JAX-RPC, Java developers can rapidly achieve web services interoperability based on widely adopted standards and protocols.

The SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ) enables developers to produce and consume messages conforming to the SOAP 1.1 specification and SOAP with Attachments note.