SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) services are progressing from lab prototypes to real-world applications. If, while developing distributed Java applications that interact with SOAP services, you experience network-traffic overhead issues from repeated SOAP HTTP calls, read on. In this article, Ozakil Azim and Araf Karsh Hamid describe how to create transparent, client-side caching for SOAP services using the Business Delegate and Cache Management design patterns. (2,700 words; March 8, 2002)
Read more in Javaworld -
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2002/jw-0308-soap.html
I co-authored this article with Azim when we worked together in netForensics (the best times of netForensics) and we build one of the best architecture for SIM Solutions.