Artifacts and dependencies

Axis 1.4 was packaged into four JAR artifacts: axis-saaj, axis-jaxrpc, axis and axis-ant (respectively named saaj.jar, jaxrpc.jar, axis.jar and axis-ant.jar in the Axis 1.4 binary distribution). In Axis 1.4.1, the axis JAR has been split into several smaller artifacts. This reduces the volume of code that needs to be added to the dependencies of an Axis based project and makes dependency management easier (provided that the project is built using Maven or a tool that can access Maven repositories). It also makes security auditing easier: e.g. the axis artifact contains the code for the SOAP monitor, which may be considered as a security risk if it is not properly disabled in production systems.

Nevertheless, Axis 1.4.1 also contains an all-in-one axis JAR that contains the same components as in Axis 1.4. This can be used as a drop-in replacement for the axis.jar from earlier versions, although it is strongly recommended to use the new modularized artifacts. The table below shows the relationships between the new modularized artifacts and the all-in-one JAR in Axis 1.4.1, and the artifacts included in Axis 1.4. Note that new components introduced in Axis 1.4.1 are not included in the all-in-one JAR.

To see the dependencies of an artifact, click on the artifact's name.

All artifacts and dependencies are available from the Maven Central Repository.