In this tutorial you will learn how to use CXF to create both a web service and a client that consumes the service. This tutorial will also walk you through the entire code development for both server and the client.

Audience

This tutorial has been prepared to cater the needs of both the beginners and experts in Apache CXF. The tutorial has a flow that takes you from the simpler concepts to in depth ones and lets you gain confidence as you progress through it.

Prerequisites

This tutorial uses Apache Maven at several instances. At some instances in this tutorial, you may come across usage of RESTful web services in Apache CXF. If you are new to this technology, we suggest you to pick up a tutorial on these before you move ahead with Apache CXF.