Ivory 1.0-beta-1 is out! This includes many bug fixes and we are now sync'd with Axis 1.2-beta-2. Find distributions here.

Ivory provides easy integration between your exiting java classes, Avalon services, and Axis. It allows easy deployment of soap services with none of the WSDD configuration that Axis normally mandates.

Features include:

• Support for Plexus and Phoenix Containers
• Easily expose Avalon services or POJO's as webservices with one method call
• Expose Avalon services as web services via WSDD
• Metadata support
• Runs Axis as embedded Avalon component
• Support for Axis 1.2 Beta 2