Apache CXF 2.7.5 Release Notes

1. Overview

The 2.7.x versions of Apache CXF are significant new versions of CXF 
that provides several new features and enhancements.  

New features include: 

* New UDP Transport.
* New optional HTTP transport based on Apache HTTP Components HttpAsyncClient.
* Support for the SOAP over UDP Specification.
* SchemaValidation enhancements to allow just incoming messages to be validated
* Support for WS-Discovery.
   * Services can send Hello/Bye when started/stopped as well as respond to 
     Probe requests
   * API for sending probes and resolving to EndpointReferences
* Initial support for parts of the JAX-RS 2.0 (JSR-339) specification
   * Additional methods on WebClient to provide asynchronous invocations
   * Support for new filters, interceptors, dynamic features, exception classes, 
     and more, please see JAX-RS Basics for more information.

Users are encourage to review the migration guide at:
http://cxf.apache.org/docs/27-migration-guide.html
for further information and requirements for upgrading to 2.7.x.

In particular, Apache CXF no longer supports Java5.   Users must upgrade to 
Java 6 in order to upgrade to Apache CXF 2.7.x.


2.7.5 fixes over 40 JIRA issues reported by users and the community.



2. Installation Prerequisites 

Before installing Apache CXF, make sure the following products,
with the specified versions, are installed on your system:

    * Java 6 Development Kit
    * Apache Maven 2.2.1 or 3.x to build the samples


3.  Integrating CXF Into You Application

If you use Maven to build your application, you need merely add
appropriate dependencies. See the pom.xml files in the samples.

If you don't use Maven, you'll need to add one or more jars to your
classpath. The file lib/WHICH_JARS should help you decide which 
jars you need.

4. Building the Samples

Building the samples included in the binary distribution is easy. Change to
the samples directory and follow the build instructions in the README.txt file 
included with each sample.

5. Reporting Problems

If you have any problems or want to send feedback of any kind, please e-mail the
CXF dev list, dev@cxf.apache.org.  You can also file issues in JIRA at:

http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CXF

6. Migration notes:

See the migration guide at:
http://cxf.apache.org/docs/27-migration-guide.html
for caveats when upgrading from CXF 2.6.x to 2.7.x.


7. Specific issues, features, and improvements fixed in this version

** Sub-task
    * [CXF-4924] - Many docLocation for a server address

** Bug
    * [CXF-4897] - STS: check not found certificates in DefaultSubjectProvider for symmetric key type
    * [CXF-4938] - Setting RuntimeDelegate instance in CXFNonSpringJaxrsServlet is too aggresive
    * [CXF-4940] - CXF not (always) responding with the correct exception when working with an exception hierarchy
    * [CXF-4941] - WS-RM related faults do not contain the correct addressing action
    * [CXF-4946] - SourceGenerator needs to use URI resolve function when dealing with relative references containing parent folders
    * [CXF-4947] - Potential problems with the JAXBContext being null
    * [CXF-4949] - FIQL - searchContext returns null SearchCondition
    * [CXF-4951] - cxf-codegen-plugin wsdlArtifact ignores classifier
    * [CXF-4954] - CryptoCoverageChecker prevents handling of SOAPFault-Responses
    * [CXF-4955] - Interoperability Issue of the Discovery Hello Message  - wrong SOAP-Header-Action
    * [CXF-4957] - remove dependency="true" for jsr339-api specs bundle
    * [CXF-4960] - Race conditions in SOAP/HTTP startup
    * [CXF-4964] - NPE is thrown when WS-RM's destination has no ackPolicy configured
    * [CXF-4967] - JSONProvider will throw NPE if DOM Document is used and dropRootElement and ignoreNamespaces properties are set
    * [CXF-4969] - ExceptionMapper not used for exception in resource setter
    * [CXF-4970] - cxf servlet transport doesn't work when the endpoint deployed by using Spring within OSGi
    * [CXF-4975] - CXFNonSpringJaxrsServlet needs to ensure an optional Application path starts from "/"
    * [CXF-4979] - WadlGenerator generates invalid xml for QueryParameters with a default value containing " characters
    * [CXF-4982] - Codegen maven plugin fails forked execution on Windows XP environment
    * [CXF-4983] - Response.getStatusInfo does not work if the status code can not be mapped to Status enum 
    * [CXF-4986] - jax-rs2 request filter is unable to modify request header by adding a new header 
    * [CXF-4990] - When thrown the fault from logical handle, the namespace setting doesn't work 
    * [CXF-4991] - Classloading issue with EH-Cache availability checks
    * [CXF-4992] - proxy sub-resources creating wrong request URIs with non-HTTP transports
    * [CXF-4993] - LdapClaimsHandler can't find attributes if user authenticated against LDAP

** Improvement
    * [CXF-4747] - Support easier configuration of Spring bus with WebClient
    * [CXF-4825] - Remove static JAX-RS API calls from within JAX-RS server and client runtimes
    * [CXF-4959] - Support hierarchical mimetypes
    * [CXF-4961] - Configuration 
    * [CXF-4966] - KerberosClient does not need the cxf Bus but it is required in the constructor
    * [CXF-4968] - Add an option to limit the number of active sequences that are created at WS-RM endpoints
    * [CXF-4971] - JSONProvider should be able to drop a root dynamically
    * [CXF-4974] - CXF JAX-RS Client interface should support close() calls similarly to frontend Client
    * [CXF-4978] - Only encrypt an issued token if we have a matching key
    * [CXF-4997] - Skip PolicyBasedWSS4JInInterceptor processing when AssertionInfoMap not available
    * [CXF-4998] - JAXRSClientFactory: Missing factory method for username+password and providers

** New Feature
    * [CXF-4936] - (PATCH) Expose FastInfoset serializer tuning properties

** Task
    * [CXF-4950] - Support 'qs' media type parameters
    * [CXF-4988] - JAX-RS Provider improvements

** Wish
    * [CXF-4898] - Allow to specify types in WSDiscoveryService registration