Web Services Interoperability Technology (WSIT) is an open-source project started by Sun Microsystems to develop the next-generation of Web service technologies. It provides interoperability between Java Web Services and Microsoft's Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).
It consists of Java programming language APIs that enable advanced WS-* features to be used in a way that is compatible with Microsoft's Windows Communication Foundation as used by .NET. The interoperability between different products is accomplished by implementing a number of Web Services specifications, like JAX-WS that provides interoperability between Java Web Services and Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation.
WSIT is currently under development as part of Eclipse Metro.
WSIT is a series of extensions to the basic SOAP protocol, and so uses JAX-WS and JAXB. It is not a new protocol such as the binary DCOM.
WSIT implements the WS-I specifications, including:
- Metadata
- WS-MetadataExchange
- WS-Transfer
- WS-Policy
- Security
- Messaging
- WS-ReliableMessaging
- WS-RMPolicy
- Transactions
- WS-Coordination
- WS-AtomicTransaction
See also
- Computer programming portal
External links
- Official website
- Sun Developer Network's WSIT page
- WS-I and WSIT - What's the difference?
- java.net project pages
- WSIT documentation
- WS-I information
- WS-I home page
- Specifications
A general framework, applicable but not limited to Web services, for interoperation of model-based services is described at
References
"Web Services Interoperability Technology Features". Archived from the original on 2007-01-28. Web Services Interoperability Technology (WSIT) provides interoperability between Java Web Services and Microsoft's Windows Communication Foundation. https://web.archive.org/web/20070128103821/http://java.sun.com/webservices/interop/features/index.jsp ↩
"Web Services Interoperability Technology Features". Archived from the original on 2007-01-28. Interoperability is accomplished by implementing a number of WS-*specifications and holding plugfests where Sun and Microsoft engineers work together testing our respective implementations of those specifications. As an extension to JAX-WS, WSIT provides additional interoperability between Java Web Services and Microsoft's Windows Communication Foundation. It focuses on enterprise class features such as security, reliable messaging, and atomic transactions. https://web.archive.org/web/20070128103821/http://java.sun.com/webservices/interop/features/index.jsp ↩