WebClient class missing from Apache CXF?

Question

I am current building a JAX-RS client using Apache CXF version 3.1.11. I have been looking at some simple examples online and it appears the WebClient class has gone missing.

See the example code below that I found online.

public static void main(String[] args) throws JsonParseException,
             JsonMappingException, IOException {
    WebClient client = WebClient
            .create("http://localhost:8080/",
                    Collections.singletonList(new JacksonJsonProvider()))
            .path("test").accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE);
    Message message = client.get(Message.class);
    System.out.println("Message recieved : " + message);
}

I cannot find the WebClient class anywhere in the code and im using the following maven dependencies.

• cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws
• cxf-rt-transports-http
• cxf-rt-transports-http-jetty

Please could someone confirm if I am missing a dependency or if WebClient has been removed from version 3.1.11

Answer 1

If you're not sure about specific provider implementation, you can use classes which are standar parts of JAX-RS instead, which are duo Client and WebTarget . But for marshalling things, sure, you probably still need specific dependency configured, either manually or it's been already provided by the Apache CXF .

    Client client = ClientBuilder.newBuilder().build();
    WebTarget target = client
            .target("http://localhost:8080/");
    Response response = target.request().get();
    Message message = client.readEntity(Message.class);
     /*
     // now.. process the message
     for (Message message : message.get...) {.. }
    */
    response.close(); // close connections.

Answer 2

您需要添加cxf-rt-frontend- jaxrs而不是cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws