create a java web service client from a wsdl

you want to create a java client from a wsdl online?

boom! here you go:

1. Ensure you have the JDK installed

2. Create a new eclipse java project
   

3. Add wsimport (located in the JDK bin) to your path
   Example:

   set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_41\bin

4. Use wsimport to generate the Java files from the WSDL
   Change directory to your Eclipse project directory, run wsimport:

   C:\Users\devnumbertwo\Desktop\Projects\workspace\WSClient>wsimport -s src -d bin http://devnumbertwo.com/webservice-server/server/soap?wsdl
   parsing WSDL...
   
   generating code...
   
   compiling code...
   
   C:\Users\devnumbertwo\Desktop\Projects\workspace\WSClient>

5. Refresh your Eclipse project then create a class file using the generated code to hit the web service. Something like:

   public class MainContainer {
   
   	public static void main(String args[]) {
   		MainContainer main = new MainContainer();
   			main.run();
   	}
   
   	public void run() {
   		System.out.println("--- start ----");
   
   		WSServer os = new WSServer();
   		WSServerType osType = os.getWSServer();
   
   		// ======= Get Server Info =======
   		GetServerInfoRequest srvrInfoReq = new GetServerInfoRequest();
   
   		GetServerInfoResponse srvrInfoResp = osType.getServerInfo(srvrInfoReq);
   
   		String timez = srvrInfoResp.getWSEngineTimezone();
   		String engVersion = srvrInfoResp.getWSEngineVersion();
   		String srvrVersion = srvrInfoResp.getWSServerVersion();
   
   		StringBuffer strPrint = new StringBuffer("Listing Server Info: \n");
   		strPrint.append("\tTimezone: " + timez + "\n");
   		strPrint.append("\tEngine Version: " + engVersion + "\n");
   		strPrint.append("\tServer Version: " + srvrVersion + "\n");
   
   		System.out.println(strPrint.toString());
   
   	}
   }