Keep in mind, I’m completely biased (PMC Chair of CXF), but my thoughts: From a strictly “can the project do what I need it to do” perspective, both are pretty equivalent. There some “edge case” things that CXF can do that Axis 2 cannot and vice versa. But for 90% of the use cases, either … Read more
A WSDL is an XML document that describes a web service. It actually stands for Web Services Description Language. SOAP is an XML-based protocol that lets you exchange info over a particular protocol (can be HTTP or SMTP, for example) between applications. It stands for Simple Object Access Protocol and uses XML for its messaging … Read more
I finally figured out the right answer to this question today. <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId> <artifactId>cxf-codegen-plugin</artifactId> <version>${cxf.version}</version> <executions> <execution> <id>generate-sources</id> <phase>generate-sources</phase> <configuration> <sourceRoot>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/cxf</sourceRoot> <wsdlOptions> <wsdlOption> <wsdl>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/wsdl/FooService.wsdl</wsdl> <wsdlLocation>classpath:wsdl/FooService.wsdl</wsdlLocation> </wsdlOption> </wsdlOptions> </configuration> <goals> <goal>wsdl2java</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> </plugin> Notice that I have prefixed the value in wsdlLocation with classpath:. This tells the plugin that the wsdl will be on … Read more
WSDL (Web Services Description Language) describes your service and its operations – what is the service called, which methods does it offer, what kind of in parameters and return values do these methods have? It’s a description of the behavior of the service – it’s functionality. XSD (Xml Schema Definition) describes the static structure of … Read more
One word: Don’t. OK obviously that isn’t a real answer. But still SOAP should be avoided at all costs. 😉 Is it possible to add a proxy server between the iPhone and the web service? Perhaps something that converts REST into SOAP for you? You could try CSOAP, a SOAP library that depends on libxml2 … Read more
Android does not provide any sort of SOAP library. You can either write your own, or use something like kSOAP 2. As you note, others have been able to compile and use kSOAP2 in their own projects, but I haven’t had to. Google has shown, to date, little interest in adding a SOAP library to … Read more
There’s another solution that also works. Go to the Build Path settings in the project properties. Remove the JRE System Library Add it back; Select “Add Library” and select the JRE System Library. The default worked for me. This works because you have multiple classes in different jar files. Removing and re-adding the JRE lib … Read more