Reading XFire code
The various SOAP and WS-* related specifications have the reputation of being tricky and difficult to understand. The latest project I am involved in requires a relatively deep understanding of WS-*. One way to gain understanding of a specification is by closely studying an implementation of it. Spurred by my previous pleasant experience with it, XFire happens to be that implementation of choice.
From what I can tell, the code is a pleasure to read and it feels like it is the result of fairly good design.
posted by Ceki at 2:30 PM
3 Comments:
Thanks Ceki. Its looking a bit ugly to me now days after having looked at it so long though :-) If you want to read a cleaner version of XFire check out the CXF code (aka XFire2.0) - http://cwiki.apache.org/CXF/. Lots of the same concepts, but a better implementation overall.
Dan, thank you for XFire. I can barely imagine the work that a project like XFire requires. My hat is off to you.
As for CXF, do you think it's ready for prime time?
Its nearly there :-) We're closing down the number of bugs for our next release and its going to be quite solid. I would say even better than XFire.
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