This document discusses a performance test comparing the initialization time of JAX-WS according to the size of WSDL and XSD files. The test found that the larger the size of the WSDL and XSD files, the more time spent on initialization. However, after initialization, the performance was similar regardless of the number of VO files due to caching of the JAXB context. The test was conducted on a Lenovo laptop using WebSphere Application Server v8.5.5 and Apache JMeter to invoke a simple JAX-WS web service application with variable arguments.

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Performance comparison
according to size of WSDL including XSD file
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JungWoon Lee, juwlee@kr.ibm.com

2. 1. Conditions
 Conditions for performance test
- Goal : To verify performance degradation of JAX-WS initialization(JAXB context creation,
marshalling and unmarshalling) according to size of WSDL including XSD file
- WAS : IBM WebSphere Application Server v8.5.5
- HW : Lenovo T420 : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2520M CPU @ 2.50GHz, Memory 8GB
- Load Test Tool : open-source Apache Jmeter
- Test Architecture :
JAX-WS
WebService Client
JAX-WS
WebService Provider
- Application : simple JAX-WS webservice application with varargs parameter
- The way to increase size of wsdl including xsd file
> Once create webservice application with sample VO file which should add 50 line to wsdl
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and xsd
-> Then, replicate the VO file after changing name and then refer them with @XmlSeeAlso
annotation
WebSphere
WebSphere
JMeter

3.  Conditions for performance test
- Use simple application without business logic to analyze the spent time for application
initialization
- Using @XmlSeeAlso annotation, refer VO classes and increase size of WSDL and XSD
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1. Conditions
JAX-WS
WebService Client
JAX-WS
WebService Provider

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2. The Result
 The Result of performance test

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2. The Result
 The Result of performance test
☞ Summary
-> The more size of wsdl including xsd file, the more time spent at the initialization.
After that, it shows similar results regardless of numbers of VO files because of using cached
JAXB context.

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