Apache CXF 2.7.17 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.


2.7.17 fixes over 18 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 Your 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


** Bug
    * [CXF-6392] - Schema imports are not handled correctly in generated WSDL and XSD files
    * [CXF-6402] - JettyHTTPServerEngine cannot set a provided Jetty Server
    * [CXF-6408] - HTTP Conduit throws NPE exception for "invalid" 401 HTTP response
    * [CXF-6430] - SwA: Wrong Content-Type of root part
    * [CXF-6431] - Attachment serialization does not conform to the relevant specs
    * [CXF-6433] - SOAPAction value may not be extracted correctly for SOAP 1.2 with Attachments
    * [CXF-6444] - CrossOriginResourceSharingFilter.java should not set Origin=* when Credentials=true
    * [CXF-6467] - Jaxrs client handles array type property in a form object as a single element
    * [CXF-6469] - schemaLocation in xsd import is not rewritten correctly in Java 8
    * [CXF-6473] - Double signatures while using AsymmetricBindingHandler
    * [CXF-6479] - Denial of Service: Regular Expression in StringUtils
    * [CXF-6480] - InjectionUtils createThreadLocalServletApiContext better error message for invalid @Context classes
    * [CXF-6484] - Regression in Content-id format
    * [CXF-6502] - JAXRSInInterceptor throw java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException if content-type header is empty

** Improvement
    * [CXF-5926] - Extend SSL KeyManagers with password callback handler 
    * [CXF-6394] - Add an option to add the namespace map of the container element in the message
    * [CXF-6432] - Remove default empty password in SamlTokenInterceptor 

** New Feature
    * [CXF-6477] - Add "publish" attribute to jaxrs blueprint bean

