I want to be able to use Apache CXF with Tomcat. I have copied CXF's jar files into WEB-INF/lib and then I am able deploy my WAR file into Tomcat. That WAR file works fine in Tomcat, but that WAR file is then not usable in IBM WebSphere Liberty JEE server. I want to build my WAR files, such that they are write ones run any were.
The CXF app server configuration guide has no mention about Tomcat; the Metro project suggest that it's own jar file be copied into Tomcat's endorsed folder. Can the same be done for CXF? What is the best practice?
Best practice for a Tomcat deployment is to package the CXF jar files in the WAR file. It should also work as part of Tomcat's lib folder but I don't know many deployments using that.
Maybe you should take a look at Apache Tomee to have a combination with Tomcat and CXF?