Generate WSDL file and Web Service Client with jaxws-maven-plugin :: سعید زرین فام

Hi,

In this post i want to describe:

how to generate a WSDL file from the JAX-WS annotated class using jaxws-maven-plugin (jaxws:wsgen)
how to generate the Java client class files from the generated WSDL file using jaxws-maven-plugin (jaxws:wsimport)

Firstly you have to generate your WSDL file from JAX-WS annotated class (class that annotated with @WebService), for this purpose you can use jaxws-maven-plugin, this maven plugin has a goal with name "wsgen", you can configure your maven project so that generate WSDL file during build process:

    
        
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                org.jvnet.jax-ws-commons
                jaxws-maven-plugin
                2.2
                
                    
                        SimpleWS
                        
                            wsgen
                        
                        
                            com.saeed.NewWebService
                            true
                            UTF-8
                            true
                            true
                        
                    
                    
                    
                        TestWS
                        
                            wsgen
                        
                        
                            com.saeed.TestWebService
                            true
                            UTF-8
                            true
                            true
                        
                    

                

                
                    
                        org.glassfish.extras
                        glassfish-embedded-all
                        3.1.1
                                        
                  
                    
                        com.sun.xml.ws
                        jaxws-tools
                        2.2.5

Note that you have to repeat "execution" tag for each jax-ws class with different id. The WSDL file will generate in "target/generated-sources/wsdl" directory (you can see other configuration tag from this).

Then you have to use generated WSDL file to generate Java client class files . for this purpose you can use "wsimport" goal :

    
        
            
                org.codehaus.mojo
                jaxws-maven-plugin
                1.10
                
                    
                        
                            wsimport
                        
                        
                            
                                ../saeed-web/target/generated-sources/wsdl
                            
                            
                                NewWebService.wsdl
                            
                            http://saeed-linux:8080/saeed-web/NewWebService?wsdl
                        
                        wsimport-generate-NewWebService
                        generate-sources
                    
                
                
                    
                        javax.xml
                        webservices-api
                        1.4
                    
                
                
                    ${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/jaxws-wsimport
                    false
                    true
                    true
                
            
        
    
    
        
            com.sun.xml.ws
            webservices-rt
            1.4
            provided
        
        
            junit
            junit
            3.8.1
            test