Spring WS Client - How to create mapping POJO for WSDLs without using Axis

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I'm creating a Spring WS client. I have a huge WSDL from a third-party company. They provide a set of classes that maps to their WSDL via the Axis' WSDL2Java. I don't want to use Axis or any dependencies from them.

Since this is a web service client, I'm free to choose any framework. My problem is how do I generate a mapping class for the WSDL without using Axis's WSDL2Java. Am I stuck with manipulating pure XML? Take note I'm using Spring WS.

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Is it true if the service provider has built their service with Axis 1, you're basically stuck with making a client that's also based on Axis 1? I read it from this answer JAX-WS client with Axis service. I thought web services are supposed to be decoupled or at least independent from the platform that it was created, allowing you to have a .Net based web service to be accessed from a Java based client and vice versa?

By the way, I'm able to access the web service through Soap UI. — chris, Dec 03 '10 at 10:46
It depends on the style of WSDL. Axis1 *can* generate non-standard WSDL that nothing else can talk to. — skaffman, Dec 03 '10 at 10:47
Ahhh...that sucks. How do I know if the WSDL I have is a non-standard WSDL? Soap UI is able to send a message with it. — chris, Dec 03 '10 at 10:57
Example how write simple client and server http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17802_01/webservices/webservices/docs/2.0/tutorial/doc/JAXWS3.html — Helpa, Dec 13 '10 at 16:22

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 03 '10 at 10:48

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If you want to use Spring-WS, then your best bet is to use the wsimport tool that ships with Java 6 (or use the JAX-WS RI, if you're on Java5). This will generate JAX-WS stubs for the web service. Included in these stubs will be standard JAXB bindings for the WSDL's schema, and those can be used with Spring-WS (wsimport will generate other service stubs that you won't need for Spring-WS).

answered Dec 03 '10 at 10:48

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Thanks for the quick response. This gives me a good direction on where to look at :) – chris Dec 03 '10 at 10:50
I just tried wsimport from the command line and it created the stubs. – chris Dec 03 '10 at 11:03

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 27 '12 at 10:42

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If you are only interested in generating the POJOs from the WSDL, I think you could just get the XSD from the WSDL and use XJC tool to generate only the JAXB beans. This would avoid generating useless JAX-WS stubs.

answered Feb 27 '12 at 10:42

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