For an updated, online version of these release notes, see Release Notes.
Revised: 05/19/2003
Before you work with this release, make sure that you have installed the required software and are on a supported operating system. You can find this information in the JavaTM Web Services Developer Pack (Java WSDP) home page and Release Notes and the XWS-Security home page.
This release includes
The XWS-Security release contents are arranged in the following structure within the Java WSDP release:
| Directory Name | Contents |
|---|---|
xws-security/etc |
JAAS Configuration files, and keystores |
xws-security/docs |
Release documentation for the XWS-Security framework. |
xws-security/lib |
JAR files used by the XWS-Security framework |
xws-security/samples |
Example code. See samples.html for details. |
xws-security/docs/api |
API documentation for the XWS-Security framework. |
This release provides limited functionality for the XML and Web Services Security. The objective of this current early access release are to enable the JAX-RPC developer to play around with the security framework to transform SOAP messages. Since the Java Standards for key Web Services Security technologies are still being defined under the Java Community Process, the current APIs in this release are nonstandard and are subject to change in future releases.
This release allows you to sign or verify the entire SOAP body, but does not
allow you to transform parts of the message.
Known Issues
In this release, the XWS-Security implementation has the following known issues:
UsernameClientHelper will be supported in a future
release.