Is Apache CXF a rest provider?
There are different ways to build RESTful services with CXF. JAX-RS: CXF implements JAX-RS 2.0 (JSR-339) and JAX-RS 1.1 (JSR-311): Java API for RESTful Web Services. This provides a standard way to build RESTful services in Java.
What is JAXRSClientFactory?
JAXRSClientFactory is a utility class which wraps JAXRSClientFactoryBean.
What is difference between JAX RPC and JAX-WS?
JAX-RPC is based on the RPC programming model for invoking operations of a web service. The RPC programming model invokes stubs located on the client to call methods on a remote server. JAX-WS is the successor to JAX-RPC. JAX-WS provides support for message-oriented web services.
Is javax WS RS client client thread safe?
JAX-RS 2.0 provides a Client API which is prepared for intense reuse of object instances of Client, WebTarget and Invocation. Unfortunately the JavaDocs of these classes do not say whether a caller can rely upon these instances are thread-safe.
Where do I put Cxf XML?
For both web service clients and servers, the default location that CXF will look for a configuration for is “/cxf. xml” on the class path. For example, when running your application in a servlet container, this file is expected to be located in a /WEB-INF/classes folder of your web application.
What versions of JAX-RS does CXF support?
CXF supports JAX-RS 2.1 ( JSR-370 ), 2.0 ( JSR-339) and 1.1 ( JSR-311 ). CXF 3.2.0 supports JAX-RS 2.1. All existing JAX-RS 2.0 and 1.1 applications can be run with CXF 3.2.0.
Which client API does CXF support?
CXF 3.0.0 implements JAX-RS 2.0 Client API. CXF 2.7.x or earlier provides a comprehensive support for developing RESTful clients by supporting 3 flavors of the client API: proxy-based, HTTP-centric and XML-centric. CXF-specific client API is supported alongside new JAX-RS 2.0 Client API in CXF 3.0.0.
What is XPath in CXF JAX-RS?
XSLT and XPath are promoted and treated as first-class citizens in CXF JAX-RS. These technologies can be very powerful when generating complex data or retrieving data of interest out of complex XML fragments.
How to write Rs client in CXF?
Writing the RS client is trivial. We simply create a URL object and open its stream. We use CXF supplied IOUtils class to copy the contents of input stream to a local stream. You will see the following in the browser window.