Developer(s) | Apache Software Foundation |
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Stable release | 3.5.5
/ December 13, 2022 |
Repository | CXF Repository |
Written in | Java |
Operating system | Cross-platform |
Type | Web Services |
License | Apache License 2.0 |
Website | 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 Codehaus in 2006. These two projects were combined at the Apache Software Foundation. The name "CXF" was derived by combining "Celtix" and "XFire".[1]
Description
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,[2]: 638 JAX-RS, JBI, JCA, JMX, JMS over SOAP, Spring,[2]: 635–641 and the XML data binding frameworks JAXB, Aegis, Apache XMLBeans, SDO.[3]
CXF includes the following:
- Web Services Standards Support:
- JAX-WS API for Web service development[2]: 638
- 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:
- Reference OSGi Remote Services implementation
IONA Technologies distributes a commercial Enterprise version of Apache CXF under the name FUSE Services Framework.[4]
See also
- The Axis Web Services framework
- Apache Wink, a project in incubation with JAX-RS support
- List of web service frameworks
Citations
- ↑ "Celtix: The Open Source Java Enterprise Service Bus". ObjectWeb. May 1, 2008. Archived from the original on April 9, 2009. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- 1 2 3 Deinum et al. 2014.
- ↑ "Apache CXF -- Project Status". cxf.apache.org. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
- ↑ Open Source FUSE Services Framework - based on CXF