All those C fans lacked a comprehensive Web services stack all this time. Yes we have some projects supporting Web services, but most of those lack breadth when it comes to WS-* coverage. WSO2 WSF/C team has announced the release of version 1.0.0 of the Web services framework, that is promising to fill in this gap.
Let me quote form the docs that I myself wrote.
WSO2 Web Services Framework/C (WSO2 WSF/C) is a standards compliant, enterprise grade, open source, C library for providing and consuming Web services in C. WSO2 WSF/C is a complete solution for building and deploying Web services, and is the C library with the widest range of WS-* specification implementations, including MTOM, WS-Addressing, WS-Policy, WS-Security, WS-SecurityPolicy, WS-Reliable Messaging and WS-eventing. It provides the best interoperability- all the Web services specification implementations are tested for interoperability with Microsoft .NET, WSO2 WSAS and other J2EE implementations
This project is based on Apache Axis2/C family of projects. If this project in turn is based on other open source projects, why should you use it?
WSO2 WSF/C relives you of the burden of looking for and integrating multiple software elements to build a comprehensive Web services stack. It also provides you with the luxury of using a well tested software framework, both for functionality as well as for interoperability, for embedding in your C or C++ software stacks to enable the software Web services. Comprehensive coverage of WS-* specifications allows you to use WSO2 WSF/C for enterprise grade applications
For me, the most important aspects of WSO2 WSF/C are that it is open source and it is comprehensive. It is going to be a promising open source project in C land, and is already being used by WSO2 WSF/PHP to provide Web services support for PHP.
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