developerWorks: Web Services APIs for J2ME

“The Web Services APIs (WSA) for Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition
(J2ME), as defined by the Java Community Process for the Java
Specification Request 172 (JSR 172), are two independent optional
packages for remote service invocation and XML parsing. These are
targeted at both the Connected Device Configuration (CDC) and the
Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC 1.0 and CLDC
1.1)-based profiles. Why should you care? Because the JSR 172
specification provides support for remote service invocation and
XML parsing at the device level–this means that developers don’t
have to embed such functionality into each application. This
article introduces the remote service invocation optional package
API.

“Web services in the Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME)
platform, as defined by Java Specification Request 172 (JSR 172),
follow the same specifications, architecture, and invocation model
as with standard Web services. Let’s review the checklist…”

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