Web Services are quickly becoming a significant technology in the evolution of the Web and distributed computing.

The main advantage that Web Services offer is data independence, by virtue of which data types and structures are not bound to the core implementations of the services. Previously, data types and structures for distributed computing were defined within individual programming languages or middleware description languages.

JBossWS uses the JBoss application server as its target container, and delivers the full JAX WS implementation, making easier even for inexperienced developers to create their Web Services.

At the end of this chapter, we have explored the full range of development topics for the standalone application server. Now it's about time to move to the clustered environment, where critical applications are deployed.