Gradle WSImport Plugin

Gradle plugin that wraps the Ant wsimport task providing a simple and clean DSL to generate source and class files from a WSDL.

Using the plugin

The plugin is registered with Gradle Plugins. The simplest way to define and use the plugin in your Gradle build file is

plugins {
  id "uk.co.boothen.gradle.wsimport" version "0.21"
}

Simple configuration

The plugin is intended to be as configuration light as possible. Using default values for most configuration properties. Therefore, it should be possible to generate and compile Java source classes from a WSDL file with just the following configuration.

wsimport {
    wsdl = "create/Create.wsdl"
}

WSDL Property

The WSDL property is the only property required to be set. Multiple WSDL properties can be defined.

Name	Type	Description	Default
wsdl	String	WSDL file, can include the path to file from the WSDL location. e.g. the WSDL property set to create/Create.wsdl would expect the file to be located under src/main/resources/wsdl/create/Create.wsdl	-

Multiple WSDL files can be configured as follows

wsimport {
    wsdl = "create/Create.wsdl"
    wsdl = "find/Find.wsdl"
    wsdl = "update/Update.wsdl"
}

Detailed configuration

However, more complex configuration can be specified if required. The example below highlights how to specify those properties.

wsimport {  
    wsdlSourceRoot = "/src/main/resources/wsdl"
    generatedSourceRoot = "/generated/src/wsdl/main"
    generatedClassesRoot = "/classes/main"
    includeDependencies = true
    
    target = "3.0"
    keep = true
    extension = true
    verbose = false
    quiet = true
    debug = false
    xnocompile = true
    xadditionalHeaders = false
    xNoAddressingDatabinding = false

    wsdl ("create/Create.wsdl") {
        bindingFile("create/bindings-create.xml")
        xjcarg("-XautoNameResolution")
        extraArg("-J-Djavax.xml.accessExternalDTD=all")
        extraArg("-J-Djavax.xml.accessExternalSchema=all")
        packageName("com.different.package.name")
        wsdlLocation("schema/schema.wsdl")
        catalog("catalog/jax-ws-catalog.xml")
    }

    wsdl ("find/Find.wsdl") {
        bindingFile ("find/bindings-find.xml")
        xjcarg ("-XautoNameResolution")
    }

    wsdl ("update/Update.wsdl") {
        bindingFile ("update/bindings-update.xml")
        xjcarg ("-XautoNameResolution")
    }
}

Configuration properties

Java Source and Compilation properties

Name	Type	Description	Default
wsdlSourceRoot	String	Location of WSDL files. Can be a directory within the project or HTTP address.	src/main/resources/wsdl
generatedSourceRoot	String	Directory location of the generated Java source files	build/generated/src/wsdl/main
generatedClassesRoot	String	Directory location of the generated classes	build/classes/java/main
includeDependencies	boolean	Include the required Jakarta XML/JWS as Gradle Implementation dependencies	true
target	String	Generate code as per the given JAXWS specification version. For example, 2.0 value generates compliant code for JAXWS 2.0 spec.	3.0
keep	boolean	Keep generated source code files	true
encoding	String	Set the encoding name for generated sources	UTF-8
extension	boolean	allow vendor extensions (functionality not specified by the specification). Use of extensions may result in applications that are not portable or may not interoperate with other implementations.	false
verbose	boolean	Output JAX-WS RI version and messages about what the compiler is doing	false
quiet	boolean	Suppress wsimport output.	true
debug	boolean	Print debug information.	false
xdebug	boolean	Print debug information. Set this to true to see details around failing WSDL generation	false
xnocompile	boolean	Do not compile generated Java files	true
xadditionalHeaders	boolean	Map headers not bound to request or response message to Java method parameters.	false
xNoAddressingDatabinding	boolean	Enable binding of W3C EndpointReferenceType to Java.	false

WSDL file additional configuration properties

Name	Type	Description
bindingFile	String/List	Binding File
extraArg	String/List	Additional command line arguments passed to the wsimport. Possible values are -J-Djavax.xml.accessExternalDTD=all -J-Djavax.xml.accessExternalSchema=all
xjcarg	String/List	Arguments are directly passed to the XJC tool (JAXB Schema Compiler), which will be used for compiling the schema referenced in the wsdl
packageName	String	Specifies the target package
wsdlLocation	String	The wsdl URI passed thru this option will be used to set the value of @WebService.wsdlLocation and @WebServiceClient.wsdlLocation annotation elements on the generated SEI and Service interface. Defaults to the wsdl URL passed to wsdl attribute.
catalog	String	Specify a catalog file to resolve external entity references. Option supports the TR9401, XCatalog and OASIS XML Catalog formats.

Jakarta packages vs Javax packages

From version 0.18 the plugin is defaulted to use JAXWS 3.0 specification version. This generates classes with the jakarta.* packages instead of the javax.* packages. To revert back to using javax packages the following configuration can be specified.

dependencies {
    // Specify previous version of JAXWS tools to use
    jaxWsTools "com.sun.xml.ws:jaxws-tools:2.3.2"
    
    // Specify previous version of WS/XML/JWS classes
    implementation"javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:2.3.1"
    implementation "javax.xml.ws:jaxws-api:2.3.1"
    implementation "javax.jws:javax.jws-api:1.1"
}

wsimport {
    
    // Exclude Jakarta WS/XML/JWS classes implementation dependencies
    includeDependencies = false
    
    // Set JAXWS specification to 2.2
    target = "2.2"

    wsdl = "create/Create.wsdl"
    ...
}

To Do

The following properties have not been exposed from the Ant task to the plugin. If you need any of them in your configuration submit a PR or an Issue and we'll add it in.

//        wsImport2.setXauthfile();
//        wsImport2.setClientjar();
//        wsImport2.setdisableAuthenticator();
//        wsImport2.setGenerateJWS();
//        wsImport2.setImplDestDir();
//        wsImport2.setImplPortName();
//        wsImport2.setImplServiceName();
//        wsImport2.setXUseBaseResourceAndURLToLoadWSDL();