Java SOAP Server that can be deployed in Tomcat, JBoss, Geronimo, etc. etc. etc

Question

I'm hoping to create a Java SOAP server which I can deploy in Tomcat, or in JBoss, or in Geronimo, or in XYZ, etc. etc. etc.

Bottom line, it should have the least dependencies possible. I'm trying to avoid libraries outside of what's included in a standard java distro because of licensing/packaging/reusability issues.

Can any provide a link to where I should start looking, or some example code?

Answer 1

Java 1.6 introduced the possibility to create standard SOAP webservices with the standard JDK.

There are many examples on the web, for example http://weblogs.java.net/blog/2006/12/12/webservices-jdk-6

IDEs like NetBeans also call the necessary tools (apt) automatically which makes it very easy to get started.

However I did not research how well this will work across all available containers.