| Developer(s) | Apache Software Foundation |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 2.2 / 2009-03-19 |
| Written in | Java |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Development status | Active |
| Type | Web Services |
| License | Apache License 2.0 |
| Website | http://cxf.apache.org/ |
Apache CXF is an open-source, fully featured, easy to use Web Services framework. It is the combination of two projects: Celtix developed by IONA Technologies (now part of Progress) and XFire developed by a team hosted at Codehaus, combined by people working together at the Apache Software Foundation.
The CXF key design considerations include:
- Clean separation of front-ends, like JAX-WS, from the core code.
- Simplicity with, for instance, the creation of clients and endpoints without annotations.
- High performance with minimum computational overhead.
- Embeddable Web service component: example embeddings include Spring Framework and Geronimo.
CXF is often used with Apache ServiceMix, Apache Camel and Apache ActiveMQ in Service-oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure projects.
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Features
CXF includes a broad feature set, but it is primarily focused on the following areas:
- Web Services Standards Support:
- SOAP
- WS-Addressing
- WS-Policy
- WS-ReliableMessaging
- WS-Security
- WS-SecurityPolicy
- WS-SecureConversation.
- JAX-WS APIs for Web service development
- WSDL first tooling
- Java first support
- JAX-RS APIs for RESTful service development
- Javascript programming model for service and client development
- Maven tooling
- CORBA support
- HTTP and JMS transport layers
- Embedable deployment:
- ServiceMix or other JBI containers
- Geronimo or other J2EE containers
- Tomcat or other servlet containers
- OSGi
- Reference DOSGi implementation
Commercial Support
Enterprise support for CXF is available from independent vendors including Progress Software. Progress offers an enterprise version of CXF called FUSE Services Framework that is tested, certified and supported.
See also
- The Axis Web Services framework
- JAX-WS RI The reference implementation of the JAX-WS specifications as part of the Glassfish open source JEE Application Server, supported by Sun.
- The JAX-RS specification.
External links
- Apache CXF web site
- Online training for CXF
- Enterprise CXF (FUSE) web site
- Enterprise CXF (FUSE) documentation
- Enterprise CXF (FUSE) forums
- CXF enterprise support
- FUSE community web site
- Announcement of the Merger by Codehaus
- Apache CXF: Interview with Dan Diephouse and Paul Brown
- List of Apache CXF Committers
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