There were a lot of bugs in Aegis in Xfire. Further, Simple+Aegis has no contract-first support \at all/. So you have to bail on Aegis to get a reliable contract-first service.
At best, the JAXB+JAX-WS you will get by running wsdl2java on wsdl from your existing XFire service will be messy. At worst, it won't work because of some bug in the generated WSDL. If lots of people have been using your WSDL to generate clients against XFire, then that's not a big risk. On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Jason Horne <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Glen, > > We're using document/literal. XFire is using Aegis binding, but we're not > wed to that. What do you mean by being "ready" for JAXB? I'm inclined to > say "yes" but I don't really know what that would mean. :-) > > Keeping the old legacy services running in parallel with the new ones is a > possibility, although we'd obviously prefer not to do that. Thanks for the > Maven and Ant scripts--those could be helpful. > > Jason > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Glen Mazza [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 10:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Switching from code-first to contract-first > > > 1.) Are you using rpc/encoded instead of doc/lit or rpc/lit? JAX-WS doesn't > support rpc/encoded (unless you want to use the rather unpleasant Provider > interface - > http://www.jroller.com/gmazza/entry/calling_rpc_encoded_web_services). > > 2.) What databinding framework are you using? I don't think CXF supports > all that XFire does, so that may be another consideration. Are you ready > for JAXB? > > 3.) Can you keep your legacy service running while you implement a > noncompatible new series? If you can, that will allow you to take advantage > of the best CXF has to offer and get things done right the first time, > rather than tying one hand behind your back as you try to maintain backwards > compatibility with the older web services stack. > > 4.) Here's some Maven and Ant scripts that can help simplify your wsdl2java > generation: > http://www.jroller.com/gmazza/entry/web_service_tutorial > > HTH, > Glen > >
