JAXWS Interceptors

Question

What are JAX WS Interceptors? Where do I find info regarding the same!

Answer 1

Handlers are basically similar to filters, but for inboud and output processing of SOAP messages. Here is a quick tutorial I found.

Answer 2

JAX-WS interceptors (also called handlers) are used to weave in aspects of the request in a transparent way. Example of this are logging or requests/responses, adding security headers to the message, encryption, compression, etc.

See here for the introductory documentation on them.