Apache Axis

Apache Axis
As a follow-on to the Apache SOAP project and built on Tomcat, Apache Axis is a Java Web Service deployment server. Axis conforms to SOAP by implementing the JAX-RPC API.

JWS
Axis has a simple way to deploy Web Services, the JWS file. This is a java class with methods that accept and return primitive classes, like String and Integer. The classes are saved in the axis tomcat webapp directory with the .jws extension. Axis compiles the java and generates a WSDL.

WSDD
Axis uses Web Service Deployment Descriptors (WSDD) to describe, register and deploy Web Services in the server. While document style can be specified when deploying a Web Service, currently only primitive parameters can be passed.

What this means to enterprise software
It would be possible to use Axis to deploy SOAP Web Services. It would, however, be limited to Tomcat installations and each of the Web Services would have to be registered with a separate generated WSDD. Also, the current version of Axis does not support document literal Web Services, which is required for Microsoft integration.

References
http://ws.apache.org/axis/