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Java API for XML Messaging

application programming interface

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ849406
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The Java API for XML Messaging (JAXM) enables distributed software applications to communicate using XML (and SOAP). JAXM supports both asynchronous and synchronous messaging.

JAXM is one of the Java XML programming APIs

Overview

The Java API for XML Messaging (JAXM) enables developers to use XML messaging using the Java platform. Developers can create and send XML messages over the internet using the JAXM API.

Also, Java API for XML Messaging has several advantages over Remote Procedure Call such as the following:

One-way (asynchronous) messaging

Routing of a message to more than one party

Reliable messaging with features such as guaranteed delivery

The complete JAXM API comes with two packages:

javax.xml.soap: This package contains the API for creating and populating a SOAP message.

javax.xml.messaging: This package allows one to send one-way messages via a messaging provider.

Messages

Messages in JAXM are XML messages that follow the prescribed SOAP format and standards. There are two main types of SOAP messages: those that have attachments and those that do not. For example, if you want your message to contain an image, you must send an attachment with the message. The SAAJ API provides the AttachmentPart class for attachments in SOAP messages.

Connections

A connection is required to send and receive all SOAP messages.

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