I'm looking for some advice on JAX-WS... or maybe tell me to use AXIS2, or some other WS impl.
What I'd like to do is hold an instance of an object in 'Application Scope', when I deploy my WS in a WAR. I'm using Servlet terminology here, but wondered if this is possible? In Servlet terms, we have Application, Session, Request scope. Is there anything similar in JAX-WS et al, that will allow me to load an object into 'Application Scope' at start up, such that subsequent request/response cycles can use this object?
I appreciate any advice or ridicule ;-)