isCOBOL for Axis2 and clients Now that explains how isCOBOL for Axis2 behaves as part of a Web application, but what about a standalone client that is not part of a J2EE application? In that case, a sender can use the isCOBOL for Axis2 default properties, in other words, no special handlers, and so on. But you also have the option to tell the client to load its own copy of the axis2.xml file and behave accordingly.