wsimport

wsimport − JAX−WS 2.0 Beta

wsimport [options] <wsdl>

The wsimport tool generates JAX−WS portable artifacts, such as:

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Service Endpoint Interface (SEI)

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Service

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Exception class mapped from wsdl:fault (if any)

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Async Reponse Bean derived from response wsdl:message (if any)

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JAXB generated value types (mapped java classes from schema types)

These artifacts can be packaged in a WAR file with the WSDL and schema documents along with the endpoint implementation to be deployed.

wsimport tool can be launched using the command line script wsimport.sh (Unix) or wsimport.bat(windows). There is also and ant task to import and compile the wsdl, see the details below.

The following table lists the wsimport options.

Table 1−1 wsimport Options

Multiple JAX−WS and JAXB binding files can be specified using −b option and they can be used to customize various things like package names, bean names, etc. More information on JAX−WS and JAXB binding files can be found in the customization documentation.

Ant task

An Ant task for the wsimport tool is provided along with the tool. The attributes and elements supported by the Ant task are listed below:

   <wsimport

     wsdl="..."

     destdir="directory for generated class files"

     sourcedestdir="directory for generated source files"

     keep="true|false"

     extension="true|false"

     verbose="true|false"

     version="true|false"

     wsdlLocation="..."

     catalog="catalog file"

     package="package name"

     <binding dir="..." includes="..." />

 </wsimport>

The binding attributes is like a path−like structure @
http://ant.apache.org/manual/using.html#path and can also be set via nested <binding> elements, respectively. Before this task can be used, a <taskdef> element needs to be added to the project as given below:

  <taskdef name="wsimport" classname="com.sun.tools.ws.ant.WsImport">

     <classpath path="jaxws.classpath"/>

 </taskdef>

where jaxws.classpath is a reference to a path−like structure @
http://ant.apache.org/manual/using.html#path, defined elsewhere in the build environment, and contains the list of classes required by the JAX−WS tools.

  <wsimport

      destdir="${build.classes.home}"

     debug="true"

     wsdl="AddNumbers.wsdl"

     binding="custom.xml"/>

The above example generates client−side artifacts for AddNumbers.wsdl, stores .class files in the ${build.classes.home} directory using the custom.xml customization file. The classpath used is xyz.jar and compiles with debug information on.

  <wsimport

     keep="true"

     sourcedestdir="${source.dir}"

      destdir="${build.classes.home}"

     wsdl="AddNumbers.wsdl">

     <binding dir="${basedir}/etc" includes="custom.xml"/>

 </wsimport>

The above example generates portable artifacts for AddNumbers.wsdl, stores .java files in the ${source.dir} directory, stores .class files in the ${build.classes.home} directory.

Summary of Changed and Removed wsimport ant attributes:

base replaced by destdir

sourceBase is replaced by sourcedestdir

wsdlFile is replaced by wsdl
httpProxy is removed. Use ant’s setproxy task instead for proxy configuration.
version is removed