OK. Let's flip this around a bit... Describe the type of example that would (or would have) helped you do what you wanted to do. We can work to get one in place.
CXF has a bunch of samples already that cover a large variety of different configuations and samples. Knowing where they are deficient can help us get them improved. Dan On Thursday 31 January 2008, Phil Gibbs wrote: > Well, I have to agree. The docs seem to be the last thing that a > developer thinks about - because it's so obvious right? CXF, like a > lot of software, badly needs some end to end examples at the very > least. > Currently, it's very lacking, as was XFire! > > Mayank Thakore-2 wrote: > > well, i have spent a lot of time getting cxf to work. > > but migrating from xfire, our code reduced from about 1200 lines to > > 200 lines. > > and i find cxf to be very extensible > > > > but it's not just coincidence that someone was talking about a book > > on cxf just today... > > > > Regards > > Mayank > > > > On Jan 23, 2008 8:36 PM, jonathan doklovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The point being that since this is a users list (not a dev list) I > >> thought I'd share my user experience in hopes that it could help > >> the future of the project. > >> > >> If all anyone hears about a project is how great it is and never > >> hears why people choose not to use it, then it never progresses. > >> > >> I was never able to get CXF working properly simply because of the > >> lack of simple docs and end-to-end examples. Maybe it's just that > >> I don't get it or something, but I feel there are probably a lot of > >> "me's" out there that struggle with getting things up and running. > >> > >> - Jonathan > >> > >> On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 14:47 +0000, Sergey Beryozkin wrote: > >> > > After spending about 2 weeks trying to get a very simple > >> > > service to return JSON in CXF, I found the Glassfish Metro > >> > > project and it's jaxws-json plugin. > >> > > >> > What's the point of this post ? Say to the world that you're not > >> > happpy with CXF ? > >> > Or tell everyone that you could've commited a patch after > >> > spending 2 days on it but just didn't get enough time :-) ? > >> > > >> > Cheers, Sergey > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: "jonathan doklovic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > To: "cxfuser" <[email protected]> > >> > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 2:37 PM > >> > Subject: Leaving CXF for Glasshfish Metro > >> > > >> > > Hi, > >> > > > >> > > After spending about 2 weeks trying to get a very simple > >> > > service to return JSON in CXF, I found the Glassfish Metro > >> > > project and it's jaxws-json plugin. > >> > > > >> > > I gave it a shot and after 2 hours had my service up and > >> > > running. Not only that, but the plugin generates pretty api > >> > > docs at the > >> > > >> > endpoint > >> > > >> > > for me as well as generates a javascript client on the fly. > >> > > > >> > > It was just too easy to make me stick with CXF. > >> > > > >> > > I think CXF is probably a good framework, but the docs and > >> > > examples > >> > > >> > are > >> > > >> > > in pieces and without real life end-to-end tutorials, it's > >> > > really > >> > > >> > hard > >> > > >> > > to get things working. > >> > > > >> > > - Jonathan > >> > > >> > ---------------------------- > >> > IONA Technologies PLC (registered in Ireland) > >> > Registered Number: 171387 > >> > Registered Address: The IONA Building, Shelbourne Road, Dublin 4, > >> > >> Ireland -- J. Daniel Kulp Principal Engineer, IONA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dankulp.com/blog
