Apache CXF wsdl does not include any data type definition

Question

I am using Apache CXF 2.4.2 for implementing a SOAP webservice. I followed/adapted the tutorial (see next link) to create a webservice by a contract.

http://confluence.highsource.org/display/HJ3/Apache+CXF+Tutorial+-+Building+JAX-WS,+JAXB+and+JPA-based+web+service+with+Apache+CXF,+Spring+and+Hyperjaxb3

In this example, you can see a wsdl and a xsd file which contains the data model. This datamodel is imported by the wsdl file. After that I generate the code with the Maven cxf-codegen-plugin (v. 2.4.2). Everything seem OK. I can compile my project and also I can consume the webservice on my local maschine by using the Eclipse Webservices Explorer.

But on another computer there I can see only the webservice opererations. The wsdl contains no datamodel (http://***:18080/webservice/Test?wsdl) and another consumer is not able to generate a client.

I tested another case where I put the data type declarations directly into the wsdl but the effect is the same :-(. It seems so that Apache CXF creates internally a new wsdl on the fly.

write a wsdl -> generate code -> apache cxf generates wsdl on the fly

Are there any switches where I can change this behavior?

Thanks

~Chris

micfra micfra · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-31T15:29:54

Please follow these steps:

Create a folder META-INF/wsdl within your 'main/resources' an put your wsdl file and xsd files in it.

Set the extraarg -wsdlLocation option of the cxf-codegen-plugin like this (see http://cxf.apache.org/docs/maven-cxf-codegen-plugin-wsdl-to-java.html and http://cxf.apache.org/docs/wsdl-to-java.html):

<wsdlOptions>
  <wsdlOption>
    ...
    <extraargs>
      ...
      <extraarg>-wsdlLocation </extraarg>
      <extraarg>wsdl/yourfile.wsdl</extraarg>
      ...
    <extraargs>
  <wsdlOption>
    ...
<wsdlOptions>

Make sure, your wsdl and xsd are bundled within your jar. Should be done by default.

CXF should expose your file and not its generated one.

Apache CXF wsdl does not include any data type definition

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