I have discovered the restriction of FactoryBeanListener in one customer use case. This scenario dynamically downloads WS-Policies from custom ServiceRegistry and applies them to the CXF client and service.
Problem: it seems that there is not reliable way to determine that event ENDPOINT_CREATED was fired by client or by the service in the method: protected void handleEventInternal(Event ev, ReflectionServiceFactoryBean factory, Object... args) { } Other events CLIENT_CREATED, PROXY_CREATED and SERVICE_CREATED help to distinguish client or service, but are fired too late (for example transport is already initialized to this time). Proposals: Option A: introduce additional optional attribute in ReflectionServiceFactoryBean defining was the factory created by the client or by the service. Option B: fire additional events PRE_CLIENT_CREATE, PRE_SERVICE_CREATE before creation of client and service. Any thoughts, objections? Perhaps there are any other ideas how to resolve the issue? Regards, Andrei.