How to specify frontend for wsdl2java in a pom.xml?

Question

I found this great tip about adding -fe jaxws21 to the wsdl2java command to have it generate jaxws 2.1 compliant code instead of 2.2, but Maven's pom.xml doesn't seem to like this addition when placed like this:

            <goals>
                <goal>wsdl2java -fe jaxws21</goal>
            </goals>

What is the correct way of specifying a frontend for wsdl2java that's used in a pom.xml?

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 01 '13 at 18:30

If you are using cxf-codegen-plugin, you can add the arguments in extraargs element:

<executions>
    <execution>
        <configuration>
            <wsdlOptions>
                <wsdlOption>
                    <wsdl>...</wsdl>
                    <extraargs>
                        <extraarg>-fe</extraarg>
                        <extraarg>jaxws21</extraarg>
                    </extraargs>
                </wsdlOption>
            </wsdlOptions>
        </configuration>
        <goals>
            <goal>wsdl2java</goal>
        </goals>
    </execution>
</executions>

Source: http://cxf.apache.org/docs/maven-cxf-codegen-plugin-wsdl-to-java.html

Instead of , I have used ${basedir}/src/main/wsdl. Now How shall I provide with it? — Bhuvan, May 20 '13 at 08:05

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 20 '17 at 10:27

You can use <frontEnd> inside <wsdlOption> or <defaultOption>. The latter is helpful, if you include multiple WSDLs and specified <wsdlRoot>:

<executions>
    <execution>
        <configuration>
            <defaultOptions>
                <frontEnd>jaxws21</frontEnd>
            </defaultOptions>
            <wsdlRoot>${basedir}/src/main/wsdl</wsdlRoot>
            <includes>
                <include>*.wsdl</include>
            </includes>
        </configuration>
        <goals>
            <goal>wsdl2java</goal>
        </goals>
    </execution>
</executions>

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 08 '19 at 18:37

To complement @fishbone's and @tafit3's answers, see also Could not find jaxws21 frontend within classpath because it looks like frontend was added in a minor cxf version.

I tried their answers but only got things working after upgrading cxf-codegen-plugin to 2.3.11

How to specify frontend for wsdl2java in a pom.xml?

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