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".^[1]

Apache CXF

Developer(s)	Apache Software Foundation
Stable release	3.5.5 / December 13, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-12-13)
Repository	CXF Repository
Written in	Java
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Web Services
License	Apache License 2.0
Website	cxf.apache.org

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:
  • SOAP
  • WS-Addressing
  • WS-Policy
  • WS-ReliableMessaging
  • WS-SecureConversation
  • WS-Security
  • WS-SecurityPolicy
• JAX-WS API for Web service development^[2]: 638
  • 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.^[4]

See also

• Computer programming portal
• Free and open-source software portal

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