WSDL2Java conversion in Apache Ant using Apache CXF

If you use  Apache Ant to automate your build process, most of the cases this will be a very useful thing to remember. If you want to to generate a Java code using WSDL file this is the way to do it. To do it you need to have Apache CXF as a dependency. Following ant file will gerate a Java code using a given WSDL file.

<project default="compile-all">

    <property name="classes" value="$classes"/>
    <property name="genCode" value="$genCode"/>
    <property name="dependencies" value="$dependencies"/>
    <path id="class.path">
        <fileset dir="${dependencies}">
            <include name="**"/>
        </fileset>
    </path>  
    <target name="init">
        <mkdir dir="${classes}"/>
        <mkdir dir="${genCode}"/>
    </target>
    <target name="cxfWSDLToJava" depends ="init ">
      <echo message="Genarating WSDLToJava"/>    
      <java classname="org.apache.cxf.tools.wsdlto.WSDLToJava" fork="true">
         <arg value="-client"/>
         <arg value="-d"/>
         <arg value="${genCode}"/>
         <arg value="-b"/>
         <arg value="./async_binding.xml"/>
         <arg value="./hello_world_async.wsdl"/>
         <classpath>
        <path refid="class.path"/>
         </classpath>
      </java>
    </target>
    <target name="compile-all" depends="cxfWSDLToJava">
        <javac debug="on" destdir="${classes}">
            <src path="${genCode}"/>
            <classpath refid="class.path"/>
        </javac>
    </target>    
</project> 

This task will do WSDL2Java conversion. You need to have a dependencies directory created with the necessary cxf jars. You can find them here, http://cxf.apache.org/download.html Also if you need other dependencies to compile you have to put those jars there.Also for further customization please visit this url http://cxf.apache.org/docs/wsdl-to-java.html