So finally or at least (depends on your POV :-)), I have pushed some code to support Java5 annotations support for Maven plugins.
The "specs" are here https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/Java+5+Annotations+for+Plugins.
The code is available in the branch http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/plugin-tools/branches/MPLUGIN-189/.
Snapshot are deployed to: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshot .
You can have a look ...
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• Controlling Large Payloads in CXF - Sergey Beryozkin (Apr. 2012)
• SSO across Web Applications and Web Services - Part IV b - Oli Wulff (Apr. 2012)
• Batch processing in the Apache CXF STS - Colm O hEigeartaigh (Apr. 2012)
• Security Token Caching in Apache CXF 2.6 - part II - Colm O hEigeartaigh (Apr. 2012)
• Renewing SAML Tokens in the Apache CXF STS - Colm O hEigeartaigh (Apr. 2012)
• Note on CVE-2011-1096 - Colm O hEigeartaigh (Apr. 2012)
• Jersey 2.0-m03 ...

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I haven’t looked at the Apache Jenkins instance leader board in a few months. It’s kind of a silly and meaningless stat, but I broke the CXF build a couple times this week and decided to click on it to see if I had dropped by much. I was VERY surprise, but very impressed with
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I created a sample Mavenized project (download) that shows how a Metro web service client (WSC) can be used with a CXF STS in a WS-Trust scenario. For processing the STS-provided security token, both Metro and CXF web service provider (WSP) options are provided, choose whichever you prefer. The project has been tested on Tomcat 7 with JDK 7 but may also work with JDK 6 and Tomcat 6. For background information on how to create these components, ...

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A previous blog entry covered the ability to renew SAML Tokens in the Security Token Service (STS) in Apache CXF 2.6.0. In this post, we will look at another major new feature in the STS in CXF 2.6.0, namely the addition of batch processing. Batch processing gives the ability to issue, validate, renew or cancel multiple tokens at the same time.

1) Batch Processing in the STS Provider framework

The STS implementation in CXF is based on the STS Provider ...
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