Convert WSDL to JAVA - Apacahe CXF

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

Maven properties Guide

http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/MavenPropertiesGuide

Spring all samples

http://www.springsource.org/samples

Developing a simple SOAP-webservice using Spring 3.0.1 and Apache CXF 2.2.6

Checkout the example project from here.......;;;;

http://united-coders.com/phillip-steffensen/developing-a-simple-soap-webservice-using-spring-301-and-apache-cxf-226


*How To Fix LinkageError when using JAXB with JDK 1.6

If you run across an error like this when trying to use JAXB:

java.lang.LinkageError: JAXB 2.0 API is being loaded from the bootstrap classloader, but this RI
(from jar:file:/somedirectory/jaxb-impl.jar!/com/sun/xml/bind/v2/model/impl/ModelBuilder.class) needs 2.1 API. Use the endorsed directory mechanism to place jaxb-api.jar in the bootstrap classloader. (See http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/standards/)

It's actually a very simple fix, but painful enough to warrant a post. Put the jaxb-api.jar that you're trying to use into JDK_HOME/jre/lib/endorsed. If the endorsed directory doesn't exist, make it. This is apparently only a problem with JDK 1.6, not with JDK 1.5.


*The recommended way is to define the JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS environmental variable. Then Tomcat will use this Java property: