2009-04-04 Apache CXF Apache CXF: An Open Source Service Framework Apache CXF is an open source services framework. CXF helps you build and develop services using frontend programming APIs like JAX-WS and JAX-RS. These services can speak a variety of protocols such as SOAP, XML/HTTP, RESTful HTTP, or CORBA and work over a variety of transports such as HTTP, JMS or JBI. Java Web Services Metadata JCP JSR 181 JAX-WS JCP JSR 224 JAX-RS JCP JSR 311