Metro has Spring support. https://jax-ws-commons.dev.java.net/spring/
Regards, Randy Burgess Web Applications Developer Nuvox Communications > From: Glen Mazza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <cxf-user@incubator.apache.org> > Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:26:28 -0400 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <cxf-user@incubator.apache.org> > Subject: Re: java2wsdl -> wsdl2java lossy? (newbie alert!) > > Hello Brett, > > Am Donnerstag, den 09.08.2007, 23:37 -0500 schrieb Brett Wooldridge: > >> I may return to CXF at some point, the level of activity here is encouraging >> and leads me to think CXF will improve over time. However -- and really, I >> don't mean to knock you guys on your own list but I've kicked the tires of >> just about every WS framework out there so I'm just rendering my opinion -- >> for _my tastes_ CXF is too "heavy". I'm not particularly a fan of the >> Spring baggage. I like Spring, but I prefer it in my application if I use >> it, not in my framework dependencies. >> > > You're mentioning a major differentiator between the JAX-WS RI and > CXF--one incorporates Spring by default, while the other doesn't. Some > will prefer one architecture over the other for that very reason. > > (It is kind of like the difference between the GPL open source license, > where the emphasis is on making sure that all software incorporating a > GPL product remains *free*, vs. the Apache license, where the emphasis > is on making sure the software gets *used*, free or not free, to the > greatest extent possible. No right or wrong answer, but just a > preference depending on the particular creator of the software.) > > *Not* incorporating Spring has its own drawbacks, as mentioned on the > JAX-WS RI mailing list yesterday[1]--namely, you sometimes need to > reinvent the wheel and learn product-specific configuration methods that > aren't transferable (like Spring knowledge) to other fields. > > Keep in mind, CXF is just the bottom part of a whole suite of > products--Apache Camel, ServiceMix, ActiveMQ, perhaps I can include > Tuscany and Apache ODE as well. The Apache CXF team seems to have > accepted that for most users, sooner or later, Spring is going to show > up in your application, so it might as well take advantage of it early > to the greatest extent possible. And if a user doesn't really want > Spring, Sun offers an fine implementation without it. > > [1] > https://metro.dev.java.net/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=users&msgNo=1416 > > Regards, > Glen > > This email and any attachments ("Message") may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the addressee, or if this Message has been addressed to you in error, you are not authorized to read, copy, or distribute it, and we ask that you please delete it (including all copies) and notify the sender by return email. Delivery of this Message to any person other than the intended recipient(s) shall not be deemed a waiver of confidentiality and/or a privilege.
