Maven POM Information
To use CXF within Maven, you'll need to declare the CXF dependencies in your POM. The CXF groupId is "org.apache.cxf". Here is a small example:
<dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId> <artifactId>cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws</artifactId> <version>2.0.2-incubator</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId> <artifactId>cxf-rt-transports-http</artifactId> <version>2.0.2-incubator</version> </dependency> <!-- Jetty is needed if you're are not using the CXFServlet --> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId> <artifactId>cxf-rt-transports-http-jetty</artifactId> <version>2.0.2-incubator</version> </dependency> </dependencies>
You'll also need to add the Apache Incubator Maven repository:
<repositories> <repository> <id>apache-snapshots</id> <name>Apache SNAPSHOT Repository</name> <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url> <snapshots> <enabled>true</enabled> </snapshots> </repository> <repository> <id>apache-incubating</id> <name>Apache Incubating Repository</name> <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-incubating-repository/</url> </repository> <!-- for jaxb-impl --> <repository> <id>java.net</id> <url>http://download.java.net/maven/1/</url> <layout>legacy</layout> </repository> </repositories> <pluginRepositories> <pluginRepository> <id>apache-plugin-snapshots</id> <name>Apache Maven Plugin Snapshots</name> <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository</url> <releases> <enabled>false</enabled> </releases> <snapshots> <enabled>true</enabled> </snapshots> </pluginRepository> <pluginRepository> <id>apache-plugin-incubating</id> <name>Apache Plugin Incubating Repository</name> <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-incubating-repository/</url> </pluginRepository> </pluginRepositories>
Maven Plugin
WSDL2Java
CXF includes a Maven plugin which can generate artifacts from WSDL. Here is a simple example:
<plugin> <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId> <artifactId>cxf-codegen-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.0.2-incubator</version> <executions> <execution> <id>generate-sources</id> <phase>generate-sources</phase> <configuration> <sourceRoot>${basedir}/target/generated/src/main/java</sourceRoot> <wsdlOptions> <wsdlOption> <wsdl>${basedir}/src/main/wsdl/myService.wsdl</wsdl> </wsdlOption> </wsdlOptions> </configuration> <goals> <goal>wsdl2java</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> </plugin>
In this example we're running the wsdl2java goal in the generate-sources phase. By running mvn generate-sources, CXF will generate artifacts in the <sourceRoot> directory that you specify. Each <wsdlOption> element corresponds to a WSDL that you're generated artifacts for. In the above example we're generating we're specifying the WSDL location via the <wsdl> option.
Other configuration arguments can be include inside the <wsdlOption> element. These pass arguments to the tooling and correspond to the options outlined on the WSDL To Java page.
Example 1: Passing in a JAX-WS Binding file
<configuration> <sourceRoot>${basedir}/target/generated/src/main/java</sourceRoot> <wsdlOptions> <wsdlOption> <wsdl>${basedir}/src/main/wsdl/myService.wsdl</wsdl> <extraargs> <extraarg>-b</extraarg> <extraarg>${basedir}/src/main/resources/wsdl/async_binding.xml</extraarg> </extraargs> </wsdlOption> </wsdlOptions> </configuration>
In this example we're specifying that we want CXF to use our JAX-WS binding file. Binding files are a way to customize the output of the artifacts that CXF generates. For instance, it allows you to change the package name CXF uses.
Example 2: Specifying a service to generate artifacts for
<configuration> <sourceRoot>${basedir}/target/generated/src/main/java</sourceRoot> <wsdlOptions> <wsdlOption> <wsdl>${basedir}/src/main/wsdl/myService.wsdl</wsdl> <extraargs> <extraarg>-sn</extraarg> <extraarg>MyWSDLService</extraarg> </extraargs> </wsdlOption> </wsdlOptions> </configuration>
In this example we're specifying that we only want to generate artifacts for the service named "MyWSDLService" in the WSDL.
Java2WSDL
CXF also includes a Maven plugin which can generate WSDL from Java code. Here is a simple example:
<plugin> <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId> <artifactId>cxf-codegen-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.0.2-incubator</version> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId> <artifactId>cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws</artifactId> <version>2.0.2-incubator</version> </dependency> </dependencies> <executions> <execution> <id>generate-wsdl</id> <phase>process-classes</phase> <configuration> <className>org.example.MyService</className> </configuration> <goals> <goal>java2wsdl</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> </plugin>
Here are the options you can use:
<configuration> <className>...</className> <classPath>...</classPath> <outputFile>...</outputFile> <serviceName>...</serviceName> <soap12>...</soap12> <targetNameSpace>...</targetNameSpace> <verbose>...</verbose> <quiet>...</quiet> </configuration>
Java2WS
This plugin will be ready in 2.1 release .Now You can use 2.1-incubator-SNAPSHOT version of this plugin.
This plugin can generate WSDL, server side code used to start web service and client side code from
a java class.
Here is a simple example:
<plugin> <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId> <artifactId>cxf-java2ws-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.1-incubator-SNAPSHOT</version> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId> <artifactId>cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws</artifactId> <version>2.1-incubator-SNAPSHOT</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId> <artifactId>cxf-rt-frontend-simple</artifactId> <version>2.1-incubator-SNAPSHOT</version> </dependency> </dependencies> <executions> <execution> <id>generate-test-sources</id> <phase>generate-test-sources</phase> <configuration> <className>org.apache.hello_world.Greeter</className> <genWsdl>true</genWsdl> <verbose>true</verbose> </configuration> <goals> <goal>java2ws</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> </plugin>
Here are the options you can use:
<configuration> <className>...</className> <classPath>...</classPath> <outputFile>...</outputFile> <genWsdl>..</genWsdl> <genServer>..</genServer> <genClient>..</genClient> <genWrapperbean>..</genWrapperbean> <frontend>...</frontend> <databinding>...</databinding> <serviceName>...</serviceName> <soap12>...</soap12> <targetNameSpace>...</targetNameSpace> <verbose>...</verbose> <quiet>...</quiet> </configuration>
The outputFile value by default will be:
{project.build.directory}/generated/wsdl/{className}.wsdl
Refer to this link http://cwiki.apache.org/CXF20DOC/java-to-ws.html for other options detailed usage.
Also see this blog entry for information on using Maven with CXF and Tomcat.