CXF has four primary classes which help in the representation of services:
| Class |
Function |
| Service |
The Service contains the service model, which is an abstract representation of the Service and it's operations. It also contains information such as the databinding being used, the Invoker![]() , the Executor, service properties, interceptors, and more. |
| Endpoint |
The Endpoint represents an endpoint which can receive messages. Its primary function is to hold Interceptors which are specific to that endpoint (for instance, SOAP interceptors) and provide listeners for faults that occur. Both the Client and Server use the Endpoint class. |
| Client |
The Client is a client implementation which manages message flows on the client side. |
| Server |
The Server represents a Server endpoint inside CXF. It provides hooks to start/stop the server and access the Endpoint. |
CXF also includes several factories to assist in the creation of clients and servers:
| Class |
Function |
Implementations |
| AbstractServiceFactoryBean |
This class is responsible for creating the service model from either a WSDL or a class file. It also sets up basic properties such as the databinding or basic interceptors. It is most often hidden behind a Client/ServerFactoryBean. |
ReflectionServiceFactoryBean, JaxWsServiceFactoryBean |
| ServerFactoryBean |
Creates a Server side endpoint. |
ServerFactoryBean, JaxWsServerFactoryBean |
| ClientFactoryBean |
Creates a Client endpoint. |
ClientFactoryBean, JaxWsClientFactoryBean |
| ClientProxyFactoryBean |
Creates a Java proxy around a Client |
ClientProxyFactoryBean, JaxWsProxyFactoryBean |
ServerFactoryBeans
ClientFactoryBeans
ClientProxyFactoryBeans
