Using WSDL2Java to Generate Web Service Stub Classes

WSDL Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples

∟Using WSDL2Java to Generate Web Service Stub Classes

This chapter provides tutorial notes and example codes on WSDL2Java. Topics include using the WSDL2Java tool included in Axis2; generating client side stub classes; using stub and data type classes; testing stub classes with XML document and RPC method based Web services.

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What Is WSDL2Java

Generating Client Side Stub Java Code

Stub and Data Type Classes

Using Stub and Data Type Classes

XML Document Based Web Service Example

"Unexpected subelement ..." Error from the Stub Class

RPC Method Based Web Service Example

Takeaways:

WSDL2Java is a command line tool that generates stub and skeleton classes from existing WSDL documents.
Calling Web services with a stub class are much easier than using the ServiceClient class.
Data type classes are also generated from WSDL2Java to help you managing SOAP Body elements in request and response messages.
WSDL2Java supports both XML document and RPC method based Web services.