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CXF provides facilities to transmit binary data efficiently via a standard called MTOM. Normally binary data inside an XML message must be Base64 encoded. This results in processing overhead and increases message size by 30%. If you use MTOM, CXF will send/receive MIME messages with the message stored as a MIME attachment, just like email. This results in much more efficient communication and allows you to transmit messages much larger than memory.

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Invokers allow you to customize how a particular method or backend service object is executed. This is particular particularly useful if your underlying service objects are not plain javabeans and instead need to be created or looked up via a custom factory.