Apache CXF 4.1.1 Release Notes

1. Overview

The 4.1.x versions of Apache CXF is a significant new version of CXF
that provides several new features and enhancements.  

New features include:
    * The release is based on JakartaEE 10
    * Support of Spring Framework 6.1 / Spring Boot 3.3 /  Spring Security 6.3
    * Support of OpenZipkin Brave 6.0
    * Jetty 12
    * Weld 5
    * Spring LDAP 3.2
    * Hazelcast 5.4.0
    * Woodstox 7.0.0
    * Hibernate 6.5
    * Hibernate Validator 8
    * AsyncHttpClient (AHC) 3.0.0

Important notes:
* CXF 4.1 now requires Java 17 as minimum

Users are encouraged to review the migration guide at:
https://cxf.apache.org/docs/41-migration-guide.html
for further information and requirements for upgrading from earlier
versions of CXF.


4.1.1 fixes over 17 JIRA issues reported by users and the community.


2. Installation Prerequisites 

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

    * Java 17 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/41-migration-guide.html
for caveats when upgrading.

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

** Bug
    * [CXF-8629] - AsyncHTTPConduit (hc5) should support chunked request / response
    * [CXF-8992] - WebClient.fromClient() broken due to garbage collection
    * [CXF-9003] - Name clash when two SEIs have a same name method in the same Java package
    * [CXF-9057] - Chunked Stream is closed regularly when Exception is thrown
    * [CXF-9065] - StackOverflow Exception during execution of WebClient POST Request on SSLUtils class
    * [CXF-9091] - Camel 3|CXF: ParsingErrors with OneWay Messages
    * [CXF-9094] - Hard coded "org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder" of slf4j 1.x in LogUtils
    * [CXF-9095] - Connection Leak in HttpClientWrappedOutputStream due to Unreleased Resources on IOException
    * [CXF-9099] - GZIPOutInterceptor : ensure the CXF headers that GZIPOutInterceptor needs to resize is modifiable
    * [CXF-9101] - Invalid api visibility in CXFHttpRequest
    * [CXF-9105] - ConcurrentModificationException in org.apache.cxf.ext.logging.event when iterating over principals
    * [CXF-9110] - Memory leak in DelayedCleanerImpl.queue when LoggingFeature is enabled
    * [CXF-9112] - OAuthRequestFilter: Better to use CXF StringUtils to check if servletPath|pathInfo isEmpty or not




** Improvement
    * [CXF-8765] - Option to remove Ehcache
    * [CXF-8910] - Package Name for https URI
    * [CXF-9090] - samples: use cargo-maven2-plugin instead of tomcat-maven-plugin to launch tomcat
    * [CXF-9092] - some modules of CXF 4.1.0 still have jakarta.jws-api dependency


