Apache CXF 3.2.13 Release Notes

1. Overview

The 3.2.x versios of Apache CXF is a significant new version of CXF
that provides several new features and enhancements.  

New features include: 
* JAX-RS 2.1 (JSR370) support including the implementation of Reactive Client 
  and Server Sent Events API
* Enhanced Swagger2 support including new java2swagger Maven plugin
* WS-Transfer specification support
* Enhanced Tracing support with Brave
* Support for Spring Boot 2.x
* JAX-WS - support for per-operation schema validation configuration
* WSS4J Signatures can support MTOM attachments
* Preliminary support for running on Java 9  (no module support yet)
* New http-undertow transport

3.2.13 fixes over 15 JIRA issues reported by users and the community since 3.2.12.


Important notes:
CXF 3.2.x no longer supports Java 7.   You must upgrade to Java 8 or later.

Users are encouraged to review the migration guide at:
http://cxf.apache.org/docs/32-migration-guide.html
for further information and requirements for upgrading from earlier
versions of CXF.


2. Installation Prerequisites 

Before installing Apache CXF, make sure the following products,
with the specified versions, are installed on your system:

    * Java 8 Development Kit
    * Apache Maven 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/32-migration-guide.html
for caveats when upgrading.


7. Specific issues, features, and improvements fixed in this version

** Bug
    * [CXF-7959] - WebClient invocation builder header(name, value) method is not implemented according to interface
    * [CXF-8200] - Use name() instead of toString() for enums when generating WADL
    * [CXF-8201] - Path not appended when using UriBuilder.fromUri().path() with file scheme
    * [CXF-8207] - SseEventSource loses lastEventId on the 2nd reconnect attempt
    * [CXF-8208] - Requests with encoded special characters fail with IllegalArgument exception in SwaggerUiResourceLocator
    * [CXF-8210] - Incompatibility with recent Brave versions causes NullPointerException and hides root cause
    * [CXF-8215] - SSE breaks Pipeline Processing
    * [CXF-8220] - The tag "http.status_code" is always 200 in server side tracing span, no matter what situation
    * [CXF-8234] - Response Content-Type is missing 'charset' when Transformation feature is enabled
    * [CXF-8235] - AsyncResponseImpl.initContinuation() throws NPE when Continuation is null
    * [CXF-8241] - cxf-codegen-plugin not using the proxy port configured in settings.xml
    * [CXF-8249] - SSE client refuses to accept valid stream

** Improvement
    * [CXF-8193] - upgrade to jetty 9.4.27
    * [CXF-8238] - Tracing spans need more tag to make it clearer

** Task
    * [CXF-8197] - Update to Spring Framework 4.3.26




































