<s>
The	O
Jakarta	B-Language
XML	I-Language
Web	I-Language
Services	I-Language
(	O
JAX-WS	B-Language
;	O
formerly	O
Java	B-Language
API	I-Language
for	I-Language
XML	I-Language
Web	I-Language
Services	I-Language
)	O
is	O
a	O
Jakarta	B-Language
EE	I-Language
API	B-Application
for	O
creating	O
web	O
services	O
,	O
particularly	O
SOAP	B-Application
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JAX-WS	B-Language
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
XML	I-Language
programming	O
APIs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
JAX-WS	B-Language
2.2	O
specification	O
defines	O
a	O
standard	O
Java	B-Language
-	O
to-WSDL	O
mapping	O
which	O
determines	O
how	O
WSDL	O
operations	O
are	O
bound	O
to	O
Java	B-Language
methods	O
when	O
a	O
SOAP	B-Application
message	O
invokes	O
a	O
WSDL	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
Java-to-WSDL	O
mapping	O
determines	O
which	O
Java	B-Language
method	O
gets	O
invoked	O
and	O
how	O
that	O
SOAP	B-Application
message	O
is	O
mapped	O
to	O
the	O
method	O
’s	O
parameters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
mapping	O
also	O
determines	O
how	O
the	O
method	O
’s	O
return	O
value	O
gets	O
mapped	O
to	O
the	O
SOAP	B-Application
response	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JAX-WS	B-Language
uses	O
annotations	O
,	O
introduced	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
SE	I-Language
5	I-Language
,	O
to	O
simplify	O
the	O
development	O
and	O
deployment	O
of	O
web	O
service	O
clients	O
and	O
endpoints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Web	I-Language
Services	I-Language
Development	I-Language
Pack	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
JAX-WS	B-Language
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
SE	I-Language
starting	O
with	O
version	O
6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JAX-WS	B-Language
2.0	O
replaced	O
the	O
JAX-RPC	B-Language
API	B-Application
in	O
Java	B-Language
Platform	I-Language
,	I-Language
Enterprise	I-Language
Edition	I-Language
5	O
which	O
leans	O
more	O
towards	O
document	O
style	O
Web	O
Services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
API	B-Application
provides	O
the	O
core	O
of	O
Eclipse	B-Language
Metro	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
JAX-WS	B-Language
also	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
foundations	O
of	O
WSIT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
7	I-Language
SpecificationVersion	O
Stds	O
.	O
</s>
