Java Webservice Client Best way

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I have a third party WSDL  I need to write code in Java for a web service client to invoke the operations in the third party WSDL  Right now  I have generated the client stub using the WSDL2JAVA tool from Axis and used the XMLbeans for data binding     What is the best approach to do this JAVA  I read about SAAJ  looks like that will be more granular level of approach  Is there any other way than using the WSDL2Java tool  to generate the code  Maybe wsimport in another option  What are the pros and cons  Can someone send the links for some good tutorials on these topics  What are the options we need to use while generating the code using the WSDL2Java     I used some of the basic things initially  Now I have these options   C  axis2-1 5 1 bin gt wsdl2java -uri  mywsdlurl  -o client -p somepackage -d xmlbeans -s -t -ssi

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Some ideas in the following answer   Steps in creating a web service using Axis2 - The client code  Gives an example of a Groovy client invoking the ADB classes generated from the WSDL   There are lots of web service frameworks out there

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What is the best approach to do this JAVA    I would personally NOT use Axis 2  even for client side development only  Here is why I stay away from it     I don t like its architecture and hate its counter productive deployment model  I find it to be low quality project  I don t like its performances  see this benchmark against JAX-WS RI   It s always a nightmare to setup dependencies  I use Maven and I always have to fight with the gazillion of dependencies   see  2  Axis sucked big time and Axis2 isn t better  No  this is not a personal opinion  there is a consensus  I suffered once  never again     The only reason Axis is still around is IMO because it s used in Eclipse since ages  Thanks god  this has been fixed in Eclipse Helios and I hope Axis2 will finally die  There are just much better stacks       I read about SAAJ  looks like that will be more granular level of approach    To do what      Is there any other way than using the WSDL2Java tool  to generate the code  Maybe wsimport in another option  What are the pros and cons    Yes  Prefer a JAX-WS stack like CXF or JAX-WS RI  you might also read about Metro  Metro   JAX-WS RI   WSIT   they are just more elegant  simpler  easier to use  In your case  I would just use JAX-WS RI which is included in Java 6 and thus wsimport      Can someone send the links for some good tutorials on these topics    That s another pro  there are plenty of  good quality  tutorials for JAX-WS  see for example    Developing JAX-WS Web Service Clients  start here  Introducing JAX-WS 2 0 With the Java SE 6 Platform  Part 1  Creating a Simple Web Service and Client with JAX-WS  Creating a SOAP client with either Apache CXF or GlassFish Metro  Glen Mazza s blog is a great resources       What are the options we need to use while generating the code using the WSDL2Java    No options  use wsimport     See also   Elad   s Adventures in Java WebServiceLand Axis2  Why bother  on the BileBlog  be prepared for the bile  - you ll have to stop the redirect    Related questions   What is the best java webservice framework  Spring-ws or Axis2 or Something else for    Contract-First    approach to WS

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I have had good success using Spring WS for the client end of a web service app - see http   static springsource org spring-ws sites 1 5 reference html client html   My project uses a combination of    XMLBeans  generated from a simple Maven job using the xmlbeans-maven-plugin  Spring WS - using marshalSendAndReceive   reduces the code down to one line for sending and receiving some Dozer - mapping the complex XMLBeans to simple beans for the client GUI

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You can find some resources related to developing web services client using Apache axis2 here   http   today java net pub a today 2006 12 13 invoking-web-services-using-apache-axis2 html  Below posts gives good explanations about developing web services using Apache axis2    http   www ibm com developerworks opensource library ws-webaxis1   http   wso2 org library 136

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