[ANN]Axis2 1.2 Released

[de...@apache.org]

Just over 4 months since the original 1.1.1 release, we are very proud to announce the release of Apache Axis2 version 1.2


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 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)
   - WSDL 2.0POJO annotation (JSR 181)
   - JAX-WS intregration
   - Custom De