Greg, There was a thread about this on TheServerSide this weekend. I did reply with the only information I'm allowed to provide. :-(
http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47448 Dan On Wednesday 31 October 2007, Greg Thoenen wrote: > Thanks for the reply, Christian. > > Is there anyone else out there willing to give a brief answer to these > two of my original questions: > > Is CXF considered production ready? If so, is anyone using it in > production systems, and what are people's experiences regarding its > production readiness? > > Thanks much, > Greg > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Christian Vest Hansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 3:18 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Maturity > > > > We are using CXF to build an SSO and general intergration > > platform at my workplace. > > > > We initially started out with XFire but decided in the last > > minute (and about three days after CXF 2.0 was released IIRC) > > to go with CXF instead, even though it meant scraping some of > > work we already had done on some general components. > > > > We did this even though XFire is very mature and production > > ready, because if you want to build software with a future, > > it's best to use technologies that have a future as well; CXF > > is young and has its kinks, but it also has momentum and a > > growing community as far as I can tell, and this made it a > > better option for us then XFire. > > > > I personally consider CXF production ready; we haven't got > > any CXF services in production systems just yet, though we > > have some handfuls in staging environments and they are > > humming along quite handsomly. > > > > 2007/10/23, Greg Thoenen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi, all. > > > > > > I'm currently evaluating web service frameworks that might > > > > provide our > > > > > web services on the server side. CXF is a top contender, but I'm > > > a little confused about its maturity. It is still in the Apache > > > incubator, however it has releases that appear to me to be > > > > "production" > > > > > releases (e.g. 2.0.1, as opposed to 2.0-MC1 or 2.0-RC1, etc.). > > > > > > This leads me to some (related) questions: Is CXF considered > > > production ready? If so, is anyone using it in production > > > systems, and what are people's experiences regarding its > > > production > > > > readiness? > > > > > An unrelated question that may be pretty ignorant (sorry) is why > > > Apache is sponsoring CXF rather than modifying the web service > > > framework > > > (Axis2) that it already is invested in? Was it deemed that > > > > it would > > > > > take more effort to modify Axis2 to support JAX-WS, etc., > > > > as to start > > > > > with XFire and do it? > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Greg > > > > -- > > Venlig hilsen / Kind regards, > > Christian Vest Hansen. -- J. Daniel Kulp Principal Engineer IONA P: 781-902-8727 C: 508-380-7194 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dankulp.com/blog
