# SOAP with Attachments API for JavaTM 1.3
Release Notes

Revised: 23/11/2005

### Contents

- What This Release Includes
- Sample Applications
- Link to Specification (Maintenance Release 3 of JSR-000067)

### What This Release Includes

This release is based on the specification for the SOAP with Attachments API for JavaTM (SAAJ) 1.3 (which is not a final draft). The SAAJ 1.3 release updates the 1.2.2 release and contains new features.

This release includes

- The SAAJ 1.3 RI (with support for SOAP 1.2)
- API documentation
- Sample applications
- More performant Attachment Handling

This release depends on the following components:

- JAXP (1.3)
- JavaBeansTM Activation Framework (JAF) (1.1.3)

The SAAJ RI release contents are arranged in the following structure within the Java WSDP release:

Directory Name | Contents
--- | ---
`saaj/docs` | Release documentation for the SAAJ RI
`saaj/lib` | JAR files used by the SAAJ RI
`saaj/samples` | Code examples
`saaj/webapps` | WAR files for the sample programs
`docs/api` | SAAJ API documentation

### Sample Applications

This release contains the following sample applications. You can reach the first three samples by starting the Web container and then opening the URL for the sample in a browser. Instructions for running the sample applications, along with more detailed descriptions, are in the file `samples.html`.

- `saaj-simple` - A simple example of sending and receiving a message using the SAAJ API (the `javax.xml.soap` package)
- `saaj-book` - Another example of sending and receiving a message using the SAAJ API
- `saaj-translator` - A simple example of sending and receiving a message using the SAAJ API to get a translation of a word using a translation service
- `uddiping` - A standalone sample using the SAAJ API that talks to a live UDDI registry
- `soapprocessor` - An API that implements a `SOAPProcessor` object