Web Services: A Java™ Developer’s Guide Using E-Speak

Chapter 14. Comparable Technologies

• E-Speak Engine

• Registry Technologies

• Service Framework

In this chapter, we discuss the most predominant comparable technologies that compete with the primary components of e-Speak. Since each technology addresses its own set of concerns, there is not a perfect overlap between e-Speak components and their counterparts in the industry. However, similar functionality and features are available in various technologies. In Chapter 2, we describe the three main components of the e-Speak offering:

1. E-Speak service engine

2. Service registry

3. Service framework

In the following discussion, we look at each e-Speak component and discuss technologies that play a similar role; a quilt of these technologies could realize the service-centric ...