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Its helpful to know what supporting libraries you need to use XFire, so we've tried to create a concise table here. All these jars can be found on the Maven Ibiblio site except for the StAX jars, which can be found on the Codehaus distribution site.

You can see your Maven Guide for information on Maven integration.

Also, note that currently XFire requires Java 1.4+ as StAX depends on Java 1.4. Future releases may include Java 1.3 support.

X = Required
O = Optional

Dependency Version Basic Usage Basic + XML Config Notes LICENSE 
xfire-all 1.1 X X    MIT
activation framework 1.0.2+ X X   1.1+ is CDDL
commons-codec 1.3 O O Only needed for XFire clients using HTTP  ASL 2.0
commons-httpclient 3.0 O O Only needed for XFire clients using HTTP  ASL 2.0
commons-logging 1.0.4 X X    ASL 2.0
javamail 1.4 X X (Used for soap attachments) CDDL
jaxen 1.1-beta-8 X X If you use AbstractXFireTest only  ASL 1.1
jdom 1.0 X X    ASL 1.1
jetty 5.x
O
O
Needed for XFireHttpServer
 ASL 2.0
junit 3.8.1 O O If you use AbstractXFireTest only  CPL 1.0
servletapi 2.3 X X For servlet use only.  
spring 1.2.4+   X    ASL 2.0
stax-api 1.0.1 X X    ASL 2.0
wsdl4j 1.5.2 X X    CPL 1.0
xbean-spring 2.6   X From the XBean project.  ASL 2.0
woodstox 3.0.1 X X    ASL 2.0
XmlSchema 1.1 O O Only needed for dynamic XFire clients. This is from the Apache WS Commons.  ASL 2.0
xfire-jsr181-api 1.0-M1 O O Needed for JSR181 Annotations  MIT

Selecting a Stax Implementation (IMPORTANT!)

Stax is the XML api that powers XFire and allows it to process XML efficiently. There are many different Stax implementations out there - the reference implementation (RI), Woodstox, FastInfoset, and there is one included in the JWSDP. Regardless of which you one choose you must have the stax-api jar on your classpath.

In addition we highly recommend that you use Woodstox as your Stax implementation. It is about 30-40% faster then the RI and works more reliably. To ensure you are using Woodstox and not the RI make sure the stax-1.1.x-dev jar is off your classpath and the wstx-2.0.3 jar is on it.

Optional Modules

Generator

Project Version Required/Optional  License
jaxb-xjc 2.0 Required.  CDDL
[mlSchema 1.1 Required. This is from the Apache WS Commons.  ASL 2.0

Additional you will need the dependencies for JAXB or XMLBeans.

JAXB

Project Version Required/Optional License 
jaxb-xjc 2.0 Required at build.  CDDL
jaxb-impl 2.0 Required.  CDDL
jaxb-api 2.0 Required.  CDDL

XMLBeans

Project Version Required/Optional  License
xmlbeans 2.0.0+ Required.  CDDL

Castor

 Project Version
Required/Optional
License
castor-xml
1.0M4
Required
ASL 2.0
castor-srcgen-ant-task
1.0M4
Required for src gen at build
ASL 2.0
xercesImpl
2.7.1
Required
ASL 2.0
stax-utils
snapshot-20040917
Required
BSD
dom4j
1.6
Required
BSD

Important: Castor currently requires the use of the Stax RI (stax-1.1.x-dev).

JIBX

Project Version Required/Optional  License

TODO: add JIBX dependencies

Spring

All the Java Binding dependencies, plus:

Project Version Required/Optional License 
springframework 1.2.x Required.  ASL 2.0
aopalliance 1.0 Required.  ASL 2.0
commons-beanutils 1.7.0 Required.  ASL 2.0

Plexus

All the Java Binding dependencies, plus:

Project Version Required/Optional License
classworlds 1.1-alpha-1 Required.  ASL 1.1
plexus-container-default 1.0-alpha-2 Required.  MIT
plexus-utils 1.0-alpha-2 Required.  MIT
plexus-servlet 1.0-beta-2-SNAPSHOT Required.  MIT
xfire-plexus 1.0-M4 Required  MIT

Pico

All the Java Binding dependencies, plus:

Project Version Required/Optional  
picocontainer 1.2-SNAPSHOT Required. BSD
nanocontainer 1.0-SNAPSHOT Required. BSD
nanocontainer-nanowar 1.0-SNAPSHOT Required. BSD