No : You can use CXF 2.4 with websphere 6 without feature pack. But you need to set the classload to Parent_Last and add some dependencies with cxf 2.4.2
<dependency> <groupId>javax.xml.ws</groupId> <artifactId>jaxws-api</artifactId> <version>2.2.5</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.sun.xml.messaging.saaj</groupId> <artifactId>saaj-impl</artifactId> <version>1.3.3</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.sun.xml.parsers</groupId> <artifactId>jaxp-ri</artifactId> <version>1.4.2</version> </dependency> 2011/9/28 srinivas thallapalli <sree.tallapa...@gmail.com> > Hi Indranil, > > Yes it is problem with Websphere 6, you may need to install featurepack for > your websphere to support JAX-WS webservices. > > Thanks > > -- > View this message in context: > http://cxf.547215.n5.nabble.com/CXF-Service-deployment-on-Websphere-6-1-0-29-tp4462184p4849035.html > Sent from the cxf-user mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >