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JavaUser201
JavaUser201

Reputation: 107

Spring 3.0 JAX-WS and or vs. Apache CXF

Spring 3.0.1 has solid JAX-WS web services support. At the same time, I see that many articles refer to Apache CXF as a great web services framework.

If I work in the Spring/Hibernate world and want to expose the high-performing web services to the front end, should I consider utilizing Apache CXF? Is there any advantage to adding this additional framework to the mix?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2704

Answers (1)

skaffman
skaffman

Reputation: 403601

The two are not mutually exclusive. Apache CXF is fully JAX-WS compliant.

Remember, JAX-WS is just a specification. Spring talks ato that spec'd API, and doesn't much care which implementation you use. Java6 ships with an internal JAX-WS implementation (Metro, or part of it), and CXF is merely an alternative implementation.

CXF is probably a bit more capable than the JAX-WS that ships with Java6, but unless there's something specific that you need that Java6 doesn't provide, I'm not sure it's worth the bother.

As for Spring and JAX-WS, Spring just makes it a little bit easier to use.

Upvotes: 6

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