stateful web services (a minor complaint)

[Stan Jordan <sk...@worldnet.att.net>]

The good news is that it's very easy to develop stateful web services
(hooray!).  But...
1.  If you write your client 'by hand' you must include this statement in
Client.java:
        call.setMaintainSession(true);
2.  If you generate a wsdl file and stubs, you must edit one of the stubs to
include this statement:
        stub.setMaintainSession(true);
For more details on item 2, see the thread by Jaroslaw Balut 3/20/02 ("Re:
How to do Stateful SOAP servers?")
In both cases, you need this line in the deployment descriptor:
     <parameter name="scope" value="session"/>

My (minor) complaint is that items 1 and 2 should be unnecessary.  It should
be sufficient to put the "<parameter..." line in the deployment descriptor,
and be done with it.  I hope this complaint is not taken negatively.  You
guys are doing a terrific job on Axis, and I am most grateful.  Keep up the
good work!  :)
Cheers.
Stan