Apache CXF

Apache CXF

Developer(s)	Apache Software Foundation
Stable release	2.5.1 / December 20, 2011 (2011-12-20)
Development status	Active
Written in	Java
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Web Services
License	Apache License 2.0
Website	cxf.apache.org

Apache CXF is an open-source, fully featured Web services framework. It originated as the combination of two open-source projects: Celtix developed by IONA Technologies (acquired by Progress Software in 2008) and XFire developed by a team hosted at Codehaus. These two projects were combined by people working together at the Apache Software Foundation. The name CXF derives from combining the "Celtix" and "XFire" project names.

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.

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-SecureConversation
  • WS-Security
  • WS-SecurityPolicy
• JAX-WS API for Web service development
  • Java first support
  • WSDL first tooling
• JAX-RS (JSR 311 1.0) API for RESTful Web service development
• JavaScript programming model for service and client development
• Maven tooling
• CORBA support
• HTTP and JMS transport layers
• Embeddable Deployment:
  • ServiceMix or other JBI containers
  • Geronimo or other Java EE containers
  • Tomcat or other servlet containers
  • OSGi
• Reference OSGi Remote Services implementation

Commercial Support

Enterprise support for CXF is available from independent vendors including FuseSource, JBoss, Talend, and Sosnoski Software Associates. See the CXF Support Page for details on all support options.

See also

• JAX-WS RI The reference implementation of the JAX-WS specification, used directly by GlassFish_Metro
• The Axis Web Services framework
• The JAX-RS specification.
• List of web service frameworks

External links

• Apache CXF Web site
• Apache CXF Download
• Apache CXF Documentation
• FuseSource Services Framework Web site
• Announcement of the Merger by Codehaus
• Apache CXF Evaluation
• Apache CXF: Interview with Dan Diephouse and Paul Brown
• Talend ESB home page
• List of Apache CXF Committers