Question

I have Restful web-service implemented using Apache CXF. Since I am going to use JBoss for deployment, I am thinking of moving to RESTEasy as it provides better JBoss integration.

What are the advantages of RESTEasy over Apache cxf apart from better server integration?

Answer 1

I don’t think there are many. To a large extent, it’s a religious argument and an what-is-simplest-to-integrate-in-my-stack argument CXF is, I believe, JAX-RS compliant as is RESTEasy, and – personally – I think that should be your biggest driver. You should strive to develop for JAX-RS and then assume you can swap in different implementations if needed. Other factors to consider:

• serialization (e.g., use of Jackson for JSON formatting) configurability, for both performance and general flexibility
• client standardization – there currently is no JAX-RS client standard, but it’s a space I would watch, since it would be nice to have the same guarantees for client code that JAX-RS provides server code