How to generate a WSDL for a Java based web service developed using JAXWS Annotations

[Ravi Kiran Va]

Hi ,

I have developed a Java based web service using JAX WS Annotations .
Now please tell me what is the way to generate a WSDL file for taht class .

Any help , my pratice with web service is pending .(I am using Weblogic server )

Thanks you in advance.

[Ivan Krizsan]

Hi!
You can use wsgen from an Ant script. Such an Ant script would look something like this:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project default="main" basedir="../../">
	<!-- Root of classpath in which the web service class can be found. -->
	<property name="class-dir" value="${basedir}/build/classes/" />
    <!-- Default output directory for artifacts generated by wsgen. -->
	<property name="wsgen-outdir" value="${basedir}/build/wsgen-output/" />
    <!-- Directory to which WSDL document will be written by wsgen. -->
	<property name="wsdl-outdir" value="${basedir}/WebContent/WEB-INF/wsdl/" />
	<!-- Directory to which generated sourcefiles will be written by wsgen. -->
	<property name="src-outdir" value="${basedir}/src/" />
	<!-- Directory to which generated classfiles will be written by wsgen. -->
	<property name="gen-classdir" value="${wsgen-outdir}/com/" />
    <!-- Absolute path of the wsgen command. -->
	<property name="wsgen-cmd"
		value="/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/bin/wsgen" />

	<echo message="calling the web services generation task wsgen" />
	<target name="main">
		<exec executable="${wsgen-cmd}">
			<arg value="-verbose" />
			<!-- Set the classpath. -->
			<arg value="-classpath" />
			<arg value="${class-dir}" />
			<!-- Generate a WSDL file. -->
			<arg value="-wsdl" />
			<!-- Specify where to write other generated files. -->
			<arg value="-d" />
			<arg value="${wsgen-outdir}" />
			<!-- Specify where to write WSDL and XML schema files. -->
			<arg value="-r" />
			<arg value="${wsdl-outdir}" />
			<!-- Specify where to write generated source files. -->
			<arg value="-s" />
			<arg value="${src-outdir}" />
			<!-- Keep generated source files. -->
			<arg value="-keep" />
			<!-- Specify service endpoint interface/class. -->
			<arg value="com.ivan.Calculator" />
		</exec>
		<!-- Delete the directory containing the generated classes. -->
		<delete dir="${gen-classdir}" />
	</target>
</project>

Note that you must change certain properties in the above script to match your environment.
If you use Java 6, then the JDK contains the wsgen command, otherwise you must look elsewhere.
Best wishes!