Professional Java SOAP

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Summary: Objective, Easy to read and to understand.
Review: Objective, Easy to read and to understand, but some examples have errors, the Tomcat version is too old and do not cover the Java Web Services Developer Pack (Java WSDP).

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Summary: One complete project makes this book.
Review: The author tries to explain various key concepts of SOAP through one project that spans the whole book. Apache SOAP is used as the software of choice to build the project. Both of which did not appeal to me because:
a. Apache is shifting focus to Axis from Apache SOAP.
b. Concepts are better explained through short examples than through a project that would sometimes make the users feel lost.

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Summary: I enjoyed this book
Review: This was my first SOAP book, and I thought it was an excellent piece of work by Monsieur Bequet.

I think it was written rapidly, and by the time I found it the software versions had changed. This can be a big problem in cutting-edge topics, but it is not fair to judge either author or publisher as harshly as many seem to be doing here.

I would like to see a second edition and am looking forward to his next book.

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Summary: Not worth of time and money.
Review: This was the first book I had bought for my endeavor into the world of SOAP. Having read first few chapters it became quite apparent that either the author didn't have good knowledge about the subject matter or did a mediocre job to write this book in a hurry so that he can cash in on this craze of new technology. The sample codes are hard to comprehend meaning one may not understand the code at the first glance. The subject matter depicted in a inconsistent and incoherent manner. The book lacks any kind of structure.