Java SOA Cookbook offers practical solutions and advice to programmers charged with implementing a service-oriented architecture (SOA) in their organization. Instead of providing another conceptual, high-level view of SOA, this cookbook shows you how to make SOA work. It's full of Java and XML code you can insert directly into your applications and recipes you can apply right away.
The book focuses primarily on the use of free and open source Java Web Services technologies -- including Java SE 6 and Java EE 5 tools -- but you'll find tips for using commercially available tools as well.
Java SOA Cookbook will help The recipes in Java SOA Cookbook will equip you with the knowledge you need to approach SOA as an integration challenge, not an obstacle.
I don't think this book is meant to be read cover to cover, and I didn't. I read the intro chapters. Those were good for SOA newbies: what is it, and so on. I didn't like the "recipes" much - but don't take my word on it, because I am not actually developing an SOA. I am just interested. Also, this book is a little dated and tech-specific, so maybe not as broadly useful as it was at its publish time.