XFire is a next-generation java SOAP framework. At its core is a light message processing model used to interact with SOAP messages via STAX.

Features/Goals

• Fast, low-memory, embeddable StAX based SOAP stack
• Intuitive API
• Low level channel API for XML messaging
• Easily create services from POJOs or XMLBeans.
• Annotation API to configure services via Java 5, commons-attributes, and Backport 175 (JSR 181-type syntax)
• Spring, Pico, Plexus, and Loom support.
• Jabber/XMPP Transport
• JMS Transport
• SOAP 1.1 (non-RPC) and 1.2 Support
• WS-I BP 1.1 compliance

Getting Started

To get started, read the Overview and Quick Start in the User's Guide.

You may also be interested in checking out the SOAP Stack Comparison as well.

News

Blog: XFire (XFIRE) (RSS 0.91) (XFire: SOAP which leaves you clean.)
ServiceMix and XFire JBI Integration Congratulations to the ServiceMix team and their 1.0-M1 release! ServiceMix is an open source ESB designed from the ground up on JBI (JSR 208) principles, semantics and APIs. ServiceMix includes a complete JBI container including the Normalised Message Service and Router, the JBI Management MBeans support for JBI deployment units and Ant tasks to install components and manage the container. Though the project is young it is coming along very rapidly and supports a wide variety of components. Also, be sure to check out how easy it is to put an XFire service on the JBI bus.
XFire 1.0-M4 Release The XFire team is proud to announce the the 1.0-M4 release. XFire is a Java SOAP framework. It features a light message processing core built on StAX, an intuitive API, a fast/low memory Java/XML binding, an XMLBeans binding, and support for various containers. New in this release: Annotation API to configure services via Java 5, commons-attributes, and Backport 175 Spring integration PicoContainer integration Improved Java/XML mapping capabilities Performance improvements Bug fixes and more! Downloads can be found here. Visit the User's Guide to learn how to integrate XFire into your projects.