I found some great cxf related documentation at this page when checking request context recently:
http://open.iona.com/docs/framework/2.0/jaxws/index.html?url=http://open.iona.com/docs/framework/2.0/jaxws/JAXWSContextsService.html this kind of stuff will help! On 2/1/08, Daniel Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK. Let's flip this around a bit... Describe the type of example that > would (or would have) helped you do what you wanted to do. We can work > to get one in place. > > CXF has a bunch of samples already that cover a large variety of > different configuations and samples. Knowing where they are deficient > can help us get them improved. > > Dan > > > On Thursday 31 January 2008, Phil Gibbs wrote: > > Well, I have to agree. The docs seem to be the last thing that a > > developer thinks about - because it's so obvious right? CXF, like a > > lot of software, badly needs some end to end examples at the very > > least. > > Currently, it's very lacking, as was XFire! > > > > Mayank Thakore-2 wrote: > > > well, i have spent a lot of time getting cxf to work. > > > but migrating from xfire, our code reduced from about 1200 lines to > > > 200 lines. > > > and i find cxf to be very extensible > > > > > > but it's not just coincidence that someone was talking about a book > > > on cxf just today... > > > > > > Regards > > > Mayank > > > > > > On Jan 23, 2008 8:36 PM, jonathan doklovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> The point being that since this is a users list (not a dev list) I > > >> thought I'd share my user experience in hopes that it could help > > >> the future of the project. > > >> > > >> If all anyone hears about a project is how great it is and never > > >> hears why people choose not to use it, then it never progresses. > > >> > > >> I was never able to get CXF working properly simply because of the > > >> lack of simple docs and end-to-end examples. Maybe it's just that > > >> I don't get it or something, but I feel there are probably a lot of > > >> "me's" out there that struggle with getting things up and running. > > >> > > >> - Jonathan > > >> > > >> On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 14:47 +0000, Sergey Beryozkin wrote: > > >> > > After spending about 2 weeks trying to get a very simple > > >> > > service to return JSON in CXF, I found the Glassfish Metro > > >> > > project and it's jaxws-json plugin. > > >> > > > >> > What's the point of this post ? Say to the world that you're not > > >> > happpy with CXF ? > > >> > Or tell everyone that you could've commited a patch after > > >> > spending 2 days on it but just didn't get enough time :-) ? > > >> > > > >> > Cheers, Sergey > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > > >> > From: "jonathan doklovic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> > To: "cxfuser" <cxf-user@incubator.apache.org> > > >> > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 2:37 PM > > >> > Subject: Leaving CXF for Glasshfish Metro > > >> > > > >> > > Hi, > > >> > > > > >> > > After spending about 2 weeks trying to get a very simple > > >> > > service to return JSON in CXF, I found the Glassfish Metro > > >> > > project and it's jaxws-json plugin. > > >> > > > > >> > > I gave it a shot and after 2 hours had my service up and > > >> > > running. Not only that, but the plugin generates pretty api > > >> > > docs at the > > >> > > > >> > endpoint > > >> > > > >> > > for me as well as generates a javascript client on the fly. > > >> > > > > >> > > It was just too easy to make me stick with CXF. > > >> > > > > >> > > I think CXF is probably a good framework, but the docs and > > >> > > examples > > >> > > > >> > are > > >> > > > >> > > in pieces and without real life end-to-end tutorials, it's > > >> > > really > > >> > > > >> > hard > > >> > > > >> > > to get things working. > > >> > > > > >> > > - Jonathan > > >> > > > >> > ---------------------------- > > >> > IONA Technologies PLC (registered in Ireland) > > >> > Registered Number: 171387 > > >> > Registered Address: The IONA Building, Shelbourne Road, Dublin 4, > > >> > > >> Ireland > > > > -- > J. Daniel Kulp > Principal Engineer, IONA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.dankulp.com/blog >
