Apache CXF

Services developed via Apache CXF can speak to a wide variety of protocols, allowing developers to build multi-functional applications that can work over a variety of platforms and transport layers.

Apache CXF is very extensible, is well documented, intuitive and easy to use.

Services created via Apache CXF can be deployed with Jetty, Spring, or Tomcat containers, have a high performance, and there are JBI and Java EE integrations available as well.

What is new in this release:

• CXF 3.1 no longer supports Java 6. You must use Java 7 or Java 8.
• The JAX-WS/Simple frontend ServerFactoryBean will automatically call reset at the end of the create() call. This allows resources to be cleaned up and garbage collected sooner. However, it also prevents multiple calls to create() from sharing the same ServerInfo/EndpointInfo/etc... objects like they would we 3.0.x. That sharing has caused many problems in the past due to sharing of properties (like token caches) that are stored on those objects so the new behavior is more "correct", but it is different than previous versions so care must be taken while upgrading.
• The Karaf features.xml file for CXF 3.1 no longer will install spring or spring-dm when installing the "cxf" feature. If you require spring/spring-dm, you will need to install those features prior to installing the CXF feature.

What is new in version 3.1.1:

• CXF 3.1 no longer supports Java 6. You must use Java 7 or Java 8.
• The JAX-WS/Simple frontend ServerFactoryBean will automatically call reset at the end of the create() call. This allows resources to be cleaned up and garbage collected sooner. However, it also prevents multiple calls to create() from sharing the same ServerInfo/EndpointInfo/etc... objects like they would we 3.0.x. That sharing has caused many problems in the past due to sharing of properties (like token caches) that are stored on those objects so the new behavior is more "correct", but it is different than previous versions so care must be taken while upgrading.
• The Karaf features.xml file for CXF 3.1 no longer will install spring or spring-dm when installing the "cxf" feature. If you require spring/spring-dm, you will need to install those features prior to installing the CXF feature.

What is new in version 3.1.0:

• CXF 3.1 no longer supports Java 6. You must use Java 7 or Java 8.
• The JAX-WS/Simple frontend ServerFactoryBean will automatically call reset at the end of the create() call. This allows resources to be cleaned up and garbage collected sooner. However, it also prevents multiple calls to create() from sharing the same ServerInfo/EndpointInfo/etc... objects like they would we 3.0.x. That sharing has caused many problems in the past due to sharing of properties (like token caches) that are stored on those objects so the new behavior is more "correct", but it is different than previous versions so care must be taken while upgrading.
• The Karaf features.xml file for CXF 3.1 no longer will install spring or spring-dm when installing the "cxf" feature. If you require spring/spring-dm, you will need to install those features prior to installing the CXF feature.

What is new in version 3.0.4:

• Many new features, cleanup some code, and reduced dependencies.

What is new in version 2.6.0:

• REST based service creation based on JAX-RS 1.1 standard API's.
• Enhanced OSGi support including individual bundles, configuration service
• support, blueprint enhancements, etc..
• OAuth 2 support.

What is new in version 2.5.0:

• New Security Token Service
• New WS-Notification service
• Initial OAuth support for JAX-RS services
• WS-MetadataExchange support
• Enhanced WS-RM interopability
• Enhanced OSGi and Karaf integration

What is new in version 2.4.3:

• There are over 90 JIRA issues fixed in 2.4.3.

What is new in version 2.4.0:

• There are a lot of new features and improvements in 2.4.0 including major WS-Security enhancements, startup performance improvements, memory footprint improvements, JiBX databinding, a new log browser, better OSGi support, etc..

What is new in version 2.3.0:

• JAX-WS 2.2 Support.
• JAX-RS 1.1 Support.
• SOAP/JMS spec implementation.
• SDO databinding.
• Schema Validation support for Aegis Databinding if Woodstox 4 is used for the Stax parser.