Apache CXF 3.2.6 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

3.2.6 fixes over 25 JIRA issues reported by users and the community since 3.2.5.


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-7759] - Null pointer from the ThreadLocalServletContext class
* [CXF-7760] - JOSE: JwsCompactConsumer parsing headers issue
* [CXF-7763] - SSLUtils.configureKeyManagersWithCertAlias modifies keyManagers array
* [CXF-7765] - URITemplate.compareTemplates returns inconsistent results
* [CXF-7768] - ensure we close all temp queue/topic before we close a JMS connection
* [CXF-7782] - Client session context is null before SSL context initialization
* [CXF-7798] - Mapping of SOAP Faults in Asynchronous JAX-WS Client
* [CXF-7799] - Query parameters are not handled properly when WebSocket transport is used
* [CXF-7802] - URI query parameter without value causing crash
* [CXF-7804] - SSE SseBroadcaster implementation not performing onClose / onError callbacks
* [CXF-7805] - Transform feature outDropElements has no effect
* [CXF-7811] - _wadl links missing in OSGi containers

** New Feature
* [CXF-7673] - Implement MicroProfile Rest Client 1.1

** Improvement
* [CXF-7767] - Support 100-Continue in Undertow transport
* [CXF-7779] - Spring "version-less" xsd import
* [CXF-7796] - Support setting outbound network interface for UDP transport

** Test
* [CXF-7787] - NullPointerException from wsdl2java

** Task
* [CXF-7725] - ensure all tests on 3.2.x branch can pass with java10
* [CXF-7773] - Upgrade pax-cdi to 1.0.0
* [CXF-7788] - Support POST method for OAuth authorization service
* [CXF-7793] - NPE when using authorization grants with setUseJwtFormatForAccessTokens
* [CXF-7797] - Refreshed access tokens are not issued in JWT format when setUseJwtFormatForAccessTokens is set
* [CXF-7803] - JCache OAuthDataProvider implementation doesn't work with refresh tokens






