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Sep 25, 2026 · Backend Development

Spring Boot + Apache CXF: Building Production-Ready SOAP WebServices with WSDL & WS-Security

This guide covers integrating Spring Boot with Apache CXF to publish and consume SOAP web services, detailing WSDL-first vs code-first approaches, endpoint configuration, client invocation patterns, WS-Security (username tokens, signatures, encryption), MTOM attachments, message validation, exception handling, testing strategies, and production hardening against XXE, large payloads, and version conflicts.