Comparison Jersey and Apache CXF RESTful webservices

License Jersey  CDDL 1.1  GPL 2 with CPE  et/ et/ Apache CXF  Apache License 2.0  e.org/licenses/ e.org/licenses/

Documentation Jersey  Good Wiki documentation  display/Jersey/Overv iew+of+JAX- RS+1.0+Features display/Jersey/Overv iew+of+JAX- RS+1.0+Features  display/Jersey/Main display/Jersey/Main Apache CXF  Large set of examples for REST services  g/docs/index.html g/docs/index.html  g/docs/jax-rs.html g/docs/jax-rs.html

Maven support Jersey  Yes  et/nonav/docume ntation/latest/user- guide.html#chapt er_deps et/nonav/docume ntation/latest/user- guide.html#chapt er_deps Apache CXF  Yes  org/docs/jax- rs.html#JAX-RS- Mavendependenci es org/docs/jax- rs.html#JAX-RS- Mavendependenci es

OSGi support Jersey  no Apache CXF  Yes  Subproject „Distributed OSGi“  org/distributed- osgi.html org/distributed- osgi.html

Client API Jersey  Only http centric  Proxy based in experimental state using own annotations related to r“  nav/documentation/lat est/experimental.html nav/documentation/lat est/experimental.html Apache CXF  Http centric and  Proxy based > Same interface / class as server can be used  g/docs/jax-rs-client- api.html g/docs/jax-rs-client- api.html

Generated client code Jersey  ??? Apache CXF  ???

Spring framework integration (Serverside) Jersey  Yes  Services are autodetected by component-scan  om/enterprisetechtip s/entry/jersey_and_s pring#modpom om/enterprisetechtip s/entry/jersey_and_s pring#modpom Apache CXF  Yes  But services have to be declared explicitly  Client: ocs/jax-rs-client- api.html#JAX- RSClientAPI- ConfiguringproxiesinSpri ng ocs/jax-rs-client- api.html#JAX- RSClientAPI- ConfiguringproxiesinSpri ng

Spring framework integration (client) Jersey  no  com/enterprisetec htips/entry/jersey_a nd_spring#modpo m com/enterprisetec htips/entry/jersey_a nd_spring#modpo m Apache CXF  Yes  g/docs/jax-rs-client- api.html#JAX- RSClientAPI- ConfiguringproxiesinS pring g/docs/jax-rs-client- api.html#JAX- RSClientAPI- ConfiguringproxiesinS pring

Databinding Jersey  XML  JAXB  interoperable with Apache CXFs XML translation  JSON  not interoperable with Apache CXFs JSON translation Apache CXF  XML  JAXB  interoperable with Jerseys XML transformation  XMLBeans  Aegis  JSON  not interoperable with Jerseys JSON translation  Does not support list and other collection interfaces  s/jax-rs-data-bindings.html s/jax-rs-data-bindings.html

Security Jersey  OAuth  m/identity/reference/tec hart/restwebservices.html m/identity/reference/tec hart/restwebservices.html  com/?p=325 com/?p=325  HTTPS  av/documentation/latest/ user-guide.html#d4e784 av/documentation/latest/ user-guide.html#d4e784 Apache CXF  HTTPS  org/docs/secure- jax-rs-services.html org/docs/secure- jax-rs-services.html

Webservice support Jersey  no Apache CXF  Yes  g/docs/jax-rs-and- jax-ws.html g/docs/jax-rs-and- jax-ws.html  (Apache CXF allows to integrate into a Enterprise Service Bus concept)

Performance Jersey-Server + Apache CXF client