Every once in a while, an email thread is started by an individual wanting to know how to connect to SharePoint web services from java. The first time I came across this challenge was back in 2007 when I was building a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) workflow system for the business group I was supporting. One of the key requirements of this system was to retain an audit trail of all emails and documents associated with a given workflow. To put it bluntly, SharePoint wasn’t my first choice. I was very much aware of other document management systems which would have been a better…