Apache CXF

Apache CXF is an open source software project developing a Web services framework. It originated as the combination of Celtix developed by IONA Technologies and XFire developed by a team hosted at the now defunct host CodeHaus in 2006. These two projects were combined at the Apache Software Foundation. The name "CXF" was derived by combining "Celtix" and "XFire".

CXF is often used with Apache ServiceMix, Apache Camel and Apache ActiveMQ in service-oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure projects.

Apache CXF supports the Java programming interfaces JAX-WS, JAX-RS, JBI, JCA, JMX, JMS over SOAP, Spring, and the XML data binding frameworks JAXB, Aegis, Apache XMLBeans, SDO.

CXF includes the following:

• 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 339 2.0) API for RESTful Web service development
• JavaScript programming model for service and client development
• Maven tooling
• CORBA support
• HTTP, JMS and WebSocket 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

IONA Technologies distributes a commercial Enterprise version of Apache CXF under the name FUSE Services Framework.

• The Axis Web Services framework
• Apache Wink, a project in incubation with JAX-RS support
• List of web service frameworks

• Deinum, Marten; Rubio, Daniel; Long, Josh; Mak, Gary (September 1, 2014). Spring Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (Second ed.). Apress. ISBN 978-1-4302-2499-0.

• Apache CXF website