Write a Web service in 15 lines of code with JAX-RPC 2.0 Early Access: A key aim of JAX-RPC 2.0 (JSR 224) is to simplify Java Web service development. Currently in early draft review stage in the JCP, an early access JAX-RPC 2.0 reference implementation is available from the Java Web services community site on java.net. This article provides a brief preview of writing a JAX-RPC 2.0-based Web service with that reference implementation, and highlights how Java annotations simplify Web service development

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