How to use deployment descriptor with ibm's java-implementation

[lu...@valtech.se]

I just starting to understand the soap4j (now belonging to apache). 
In the distribution (soap-2.0) downloaded a service has to be registered
with the ServiceManager. This is done with a deployment descriptor (dd).
This works fine with the dd's suppplied (sample Address, Calculator and
Stock). However the syntax of the dd's is pretty much uncomprehensible for
me :-) . Below is the one for the Address sample : 

<isd:service xmlns:isd="http://xml.apache.org/xml-soap/deployment"
             id="urn:AddressFetcher">
  <isd:provider type="java"
                scope="Application"
                methods="getAddressFromName addEntry getAllListings
putListings">
    <isd:java class="samples.addressbook.AddressBook" static="false"/>
  </isd:provider>
  <isd:mappings>
    <isd:map encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
             xmlns:x="urn:xml-soap-address-demo" qname="x:address"
             javaType="samples.addressbook.Address"
 
java2XMLClassName="org.apache.soap.encoding.soapenc.BeanSerializer"
 
xml2JavaClassName="org.apache.soap.encoding.soapenc.BeanSerializer"/>
    <isd:map encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
             xmlns:x="urn:xml-soap-address-demo" qname="x:phone"
             javaType="samples.addressbook.PhoneNumber"
 
java2XMLClassName="org.apache.soap.encoding.soapenc.BeanSerializer"
 
xml2JavaClassName="org.apache.soap.encoding.soapenc.BeanSerializer"/>
  </isd:mappings>    
</isd:service>


I find no documentation for how this is constructed in the release. The url
given (http://xml.apache.org/xml-soap/deployment) does not exist ...

So my question is, what is the purpose of this dd, what is its syntax (i.e.
dtd) and how do I use it ?


THANKS !!

Lukas