What is the role of Axis engine ?

Axis routes all the Web service requests to Axis Engine using Axis Servlet.

The Axis Servlet mapping is defined in the J2EE web.xml file

<servlet>

   <servlet-name>AxisServlet</servlet-name>       

   <display-name>Apache-Axis Servlet</display-name>       

   <servlet-class>

      org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet

   </servlet-class>   

</servlet>

<servlet-mapping>   

   <servlet-name>AxisServlet</servlet-name>           

   <url-pattern>/services/*</url-pattern>   

</servlet-mapping>

Axis Servlet acts as a mediator between the Web request and the Axis Engine.