Apache CXF is an open-source fully featured easy to use Web Services framework. It is the combination of two projects: Celtix developed by IONA and XFire developed by Codehaus working together at the Apache Software Foundation.

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 as an example Spring Framework and Geronimo.

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

Enterprise support for CXF is available from independent vendors including IONA Technologies. IONA offers an enterprise version of CXF called FUSE Services Framework that is tested, certified and supported.

See also

• The Axis Web Services framework
• JAX-WS RI The reference implementation of the JAX-WS specifications as part of the Glassfish open source JEE Application Server, supported by Sun.

External links

• Apache CXF web site
• Enterprise CXF (FUSE) web site
• Enterprise CXF (FUSE) documentation
• Enterprise CXF (FUSE) forums
• CXF enterprise support
• IONA community web site
• Announcement of the Merger by Codehaus
• Apache CXF: Interview with Dan Diephouse and Paul Brown
• List of Apache CXF Committers

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