WebMethods Glue

webMethods Glue is an enterprise web services platform from webMethods. It provides web services/SOAP capabilities to existing Java and C/C++ applications.¹

Developers use the Java-based product to add enterprise web services integration to legacy applications with reduced programming effort.¹ It is an embeddable product (small footprint²) that turns a non-web service application into one that exposes its functionality as a web services.³ Similar to the open source Apache Axis, the Glue product provides a layer of web service interoperability with existing applications.⁴

webMethods Glue features include:²⁵

• Little or no coding to expose application functionality as a web service
• Standalone operation if required (does not need an application server)
• Fast local messaging
• Transparent Java/XML integration
• Web services standards support
• Small memory footprint

Created by The Mind Electric, GLUE—as it was then named—was the company's flagship product.⁶ They released it in two forms: a free, unsupported "standard" version, and a company-supported but commercially licensed "professional" edition.⁴⁷

In September 2003 GLUE featured in a Microsoft Press book, Microsoft .NET and J2EE Interoperability Toolkit.⁸

webMethods acquired the product as part of its merger with The Mind Electric.⁶ The merger resulted in rebranding the product with the webMethods prefix to become webMethods Glue.⁹

The webMethods Glue product 6.5.x maintenance ended on May 31, 2010, and support ended a year later.¹⁰

• GLUE 3.0 - Aug 2002 ⁴
• GLUE 4.0 - April 2003 ¹¹¹²
• GLUE 4.1 - June 2003 ⁷¹³

HTTP, Servlets, XML, SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI¹