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The Fews Workflow Runner service uses XFire, a java SOAP framework. This framework allows a client application to obtain a proxy instance to the FewsWebServiceRunner API. With this API the client can run workflows on the MC from the client code. The timeseries produced by the workflow run can read by the client application. Before a client application can access the FEWS system there is some configuration work that needs to be done.
User's looking to use XFire on a new project, should use CXF instead. CXF is a continuation of the XFire project and is considered XFire 2.0. It has many new features, a ton of bug fixes, and is now JAX-WS compliant! XFire will continue to be maintained through bug fix releases, but most development will occur on CXF now. For more information see the XFire/Celtix merge FAQ and the CXF website.
Fews Workflow Runner Service API
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