Is Axis the tool that I need?

[Daire Treanor <da...@capetechnologies.com>]

Can someone please throw some light on this for me. I have looked at several
examples and tested them but none of them seem to be doing what I need to
do. Maybe Axis is not the answer to my problems.

I can access services though a standalone java client application but can I
do the following:

1) Is it possible to have an Axis client behave like an Axis server, if
necessary? That is, can I get my client to use services on one SOAP server
and in turn have that server request services from my client. The client
perhaps acting as a controller so to speak, initiating contact with a remote
server, then handling incoming request from that remote server and pushing
them onto a local server. What I need is my client stay alive continuously
to monitor HTTP traffic seeking requests, ie SOAP requests. Is this
possible?

2) I know the SimpleAxisServer is not robust enough for serious use so how
can I create the above scenario using a Tomcat Container for example. Can I
deploy a service that could handle this?

3) Is it possible to create some sort of link from a stand alone java client
application into Tomcat to examine incoming SOAP requests?
Thanks in advance,

Dáire Treanor