This past week, the Apache CXF team released the latest patch for the 2.2.x series: 2.2.2. Normally, patch releases aren’t very exciting. Usually just a bunch of bug fixes. However, this release provides two extremely noteworthy bullets:
- JAX-RS 1.0 – 2.2.2 is the first release of Apache CXF to pass the JAX-RS 1.0 TCK. The 2.1.x versions of Apache CXF introduced some preliminary versions of JAX-RS based around the 0.6 and 0.8 versions of JAX-RS. 2.2.0 updated the basica API’s to 1.0 level, but was not fully JAX-RS 1.0 compliant. We finally got access to the TCK a short while ago and 2.2.2 includes all the patches and fixes necessary to get CXF to pass the 1.0 TCK. We still have a bunch of ideas and plans to make the REST/JAX-RS support in CXF even better, but passing the TCK is an exciting milestone.
- JBoss-WS – the JBoss WebServices team released JBossWS-CXF 3.1.2 based on Apache CXF 2.2.2. This release of JBossWS-CXF is the first to completely pass the various JAX-WS/JWS/SAAJ/JAXR parts of the J2EE CTS/TCK. This is just the first results of the JBoss/CXF collaboration. To achieve this, JBoss did identify and submit patches for several issues in CXF. They also done extensive testing with their own stack, .NET, and others to make sure CXF will completely meet their needs. JBossWS-CXF 3.1.2 is a result of all of that, but it’s also just a beginning. Now that the TCK is passing, we hope to expand the collaboration into more than just “tck bug fixes” with new features, new ideas, etc…
Anyway, definitely another exciting week for Apache CXF. Many thanks go out to the entire Apache CXF team, the JBoss folks that identified and fixed issues, and the Progress FUSE team for helping with the testing and development.
Here’s a stupid, .NET-person question: What does “CXF” stand for?
Thanks.
It doesn’t really stand for anything. The project originated by combining Celtix and XFire. The original name was CeltiXFire which was a bit unwieldy so it was just shortened to CXF.