Would it have killed them to just call it [WebMethod]?

In Java 2, Version 1.5 (I don't understand the versioning either) attributes look like this:

import javax.xml.rpc.*; 
public class CoffeeOrder 
{ 
   @Remote public Coffee [] getPriceList() { ... } 
   @Remote public String orderCoffee(String name, int quantity) { ... } 
} 

which is equivalent to this:

public interface CoffeeOrderIF extends java.rmi.Remote 
{ 
   public Coffee [] getPriceList() throws java.rmi.RemoteException; 
   public String orderCoffee(String name, int quantity) throws java.rmi.RemoteException; 
} 

public class CoffeeOrderImpl implements CoffeeOrderIF 
{ 
   public Coffee [] getPriceList() { ... } 
   public String orderCoffee(String name, int quantity) { ... } 
} 

It's good to see Java catching up linguisticly. 

I've mentioned my aversion to language arguments before using the oft-heard extended "religion" analogy.  Far from being a religious zealot (though I have been known to genuflect at the site of the occasional semi-colon) I am neither agnostic nor atheist...I consider myself a staunch apathist in these matters.

I say it, [WebMethod], @Remote, call it Kosher, call it Halaal, I call it good eatin'.