Axis2

In this tutorial, Keith Chapman looks at implementing a REST service in Apache Axis2.

In this article by Suran Jayathilaka, he looks at configuring the JMS transport in Axis2/Java to talk with a Qpid AMQP broker.

A step by step practical guide for developing Web services using Apache Axis2 by Deepal Jayasinghe is expected to be out soon. The book will take you through the basics of Web services and Axis2 to the details of the  architecture of Axis2. You can pre-order the book from here.

In this introductory tutorial, Dimuthu Gamage explains how to use Axis2/Java tools to ease the development of Axis2/C Web Services.

In this talk by Samisa Abeysinghe presented at the IndicThreads.com Conference On Java Technology held in Oct 2007 in Pune, India - he explores the architecture of Axis2.

You might be interested in keeping up-to-date with the services and modules deployed within an Axis2 engine. For example, you might want to know when new services and modules are deployed within Axis2 or when they are removed. For this purpose Axis2 provides a notification mechanism for you to register yourself and be notified when changes are made to the services and modules deployed. This tutorial by Eran Chinthaka introduces the event notification mechanism within Axis2 engine that makes it all possible.

In this article by Dinesh Premalal, he introduces Axis2/C Service Client API for the beginner.

When it comes to Web service development, Contract first development is the recommended method to follow since it mainly concentrates on the contract rather than the implementation.