AxisClient uses?

["Volkmann, Mark" <Ma...@AGEDWARDS.com>]

What are some examples of why one would want to use an Axis engine on the
client-side.  I'm referring to the class AxisClient and the whole handler
framework it supports.  It makes perfect sense to me why I'd want this on
the server-side supported by AxisServer.  I just don't get what AxisClient
buys me.


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RE: AxisClient uses?

[Dan Weston <dw...@nerdworks.com>]

The client stubs generated by Axis are great for creating the basic SOAP
message, but what if you want to add other new features, such as
encryption or digital signatures as specified by WS-Security? Adding
handlers to the client-side handler chain allows these additional
features to be added to the outgoing message without having to change
the originally generated stubs. Sample code in the IBM web services
toolkit, which is built on top of Axis, uses client-side handlers for
just this sort of thing. .
 
Dan Weston

-----Original Message-----
From: Volkmann, Mark [mailto:Mark.Volkmann@AGEDWARDS.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 11:15 AM
To: 'axis-user@ws.apache.org'
Subject: AxisClient uses?



What are some examples of why one would want to use an Axis engine on
the client-side.  I'm referring to the class AxisClient and the whole
handler framework it supports.  It makes perfect sense to me why I'd
want this on the server-side supported by AxisServer.  I just don't get
what AxisClient buys me.



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