Evaluation of Software Service Frameworks for Industrial Applications

Abstract

During the last decades software (web) services have drawn the attention of all big corporations mainly due to their flexibility, reusability, and adaptability. The paper evaluates three of the most popular service frameworks: Apache CXF (SOAP web services), Jersey (REST web services), and Apache River (or Jini-Java services) using a novel industrial architecture. Two performance tests have been developed and as a result, Apache River services are more than one order of magnitude faster than both web service frameworks, which are comparable to each other. Thus Jini Java-based services should be used whenever possible in industrial applications.