Apache CXF - Contract First Web Services I wrote a post a few years ago detailing a step by step guide to building a contract first web service using Spring.  I recently started working with Apache CXF and thought it would be worth putting together a more up to date post, this time using CXF. We'll create a fictitious Account Service that takes a single account number parameter and returns associated account information. Although the sample service will be very simple, the approach taken should provide you with a solid foundation upon which to build real world services. Source Code The full source code for this post [...]