Installing metro-jax-ws and running wsimport issue

Question

Since wsimport is not included since JDK11 (Where to download and how to install JAX-WS wsimport tools?), I think I need to install metro-jax-ws; however, there are no instructions on how to do so...

Ingemar

It is generally adviced to use a build system like maven, which has excellent plugin support for generating WSDL to Java (jaxws-maven-plugin or maven-jaxb2-plugin). This means no more manual wsimport calls on every WSDL change, reducing possible developer error and the need for specialized tools. See for example the "post JDK8" part on baeldung.com/… – Spivey

Answer 1

1. Download and unzip the latest release from here.
2. Install maven.
3. cd to metro-jax-ws-3.0.2/jaxws-ri/bundles and run mvn install.
4. After mvn install, read the last line of the installation process and find where jaxws-ri was installed (e.g., .m2/repository/com/sun/xml/ws/).
5. cd to where jaxws-ri was installed and then also cd to {latest_version}/jaxws-ri/bin.
6. Run wsimport.sh (e.g., sh wsimport.sh http://webservices.oorsprong.org/websamples.countryinfo/CountryInfoService.wso\?WSDL)

Ingemar

Thanks for these tips, Jack, but there's still no wsimport for me, alas. Under Debian bookworm (now "testing"), I attempted to build Virtualbox from source, a process that requires, among many other things, wsimport. I followed your instructions but I broke down on mvn install:: [WARNING] The POM for com.sun.xml.ws:project:zip:resources:4.0.0-SNAPSHOT is missing, no dependency information available – Oleaceous

Answer 2

If you're running Debian Bookworm (which is, as of this writing, at the "Debian testing" pre-release phase), and you need wsimport, install the package jaxws, which will automagically install many dependencies if you haven't already installed them. Somewhere in all that is the wsimport command. Thereafter, it worked for me, anyway, and I finally succeeded in building VirtualBox from source.

Oleaceous

Answer 3

Adding to https://mcmap.net/q/745637/-installing-metro-jax-ws-and-running-wsimport-issue

5.1. Unzip .m2\repository\com\sun\xml\ws\jaxws-ri\3.0.2\jaxws-ri-3.0.2.zip\

5.2 Add the full path to the unzipped jaxws-ri/bin to path before attempting point 6.

For example, on my machine, I added the following to path .m2\repository\com\sun\xml\ws\jaxws-ri\3.0.2\jaxws-ri-3.0.2\jaxws-ri\bin\

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