We have several .Net webservices that we use a java client for. Each webservice has it's own namespace, but they all use a lot off common classes. When these are exposed as WSDLs, then generated into Java code, we get a lot of duplicates in Java of the same .Net classes.
Is there a way in .Net to define a set of WebService objects to be exported under a shared namespace (in XML)? Or can we when we use wsimport in Java to generate just one instance of each duplicate class?
From service side, one of the option could be to have specially crafted single WSDL describing all services. See this article for how to do it (applicable for asmx services).
On side note, for .NET clients, its quite simple to use wsdl tool with sharetypes options to have common types generated once and re-used among multiple service proxies. Hopefully, similar tools/options perhaps exist at java client side.
The -p option of wsimport allows you to override the namespace specified in the WSDL to a package that you specify. If you specify the same package for each WSDL you'll only end up with one instance of each class.
