Does CXF support JAX-RS?

JAX-RS: Java API for RESTful Web Services is a Java programming language API that provides support in creating web services according to the Representational State Transfer (REST) architectural style. CXF supports JAX-RS 2.1 (JSR-370), 2.0 (JSR-339) and 1.1 (JSR-311). CXF 3.2.0 supports JAX-RS 2.1.

How do I Register multipart input filters in JAX-RS?

These filters can be registered from JAX-RS 2.0 client or container request/response filters or CXF in/out interceptors. MultipartInputFilter can be added to the list of the input filters which is identified by a “multipart.input.filters” property on the current CXF message.

Does CXF support RESTful client API?

CXF 2.7.x or earlier provides a comprehensive support for developing RESTful clients by supporting 3 flavors of the client API: proxy-based, HTTP-centric and XML-centric. CXF-specific client API is supported alongside new JAX-RS 2.0 Client API in CXF 3.0.0.

Who is affected by the @multipart annotation in CXF?

At CXF level, the users which depend on CXF MultipartProvider to have InputStream or String references to multipart attachments will be affected unless they use @Multipart annotation. For example, if we have a multipart payload with a single part/attachment only then the following code: