It's normal practice to import types from an external xsd file in WSDL like this: <wsdl:types> <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="htt... When you use <dynamic-wsdl> and have Commons XMLSchema on the class path, Spring-WS inlines the xsd in the wsdl. But that doesn't happen when you use <static-wsdl> . You can define a SimpleXsdSchema bean to expose the xsd: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <beans x... where the bean id "hello" should match the schemaLocation attribute in the WSDL (without the .xsd suffix). But note that the SimpleXsdSchema does not inline the xsd. It only makes the xsd available via an HTTP URL. Alternatively, you can simply put the xsd file under the content directory of the webapp (just link any CSS or JavaScript). Anyway, that's a lot of manual...

This is a step-by-step guide to create a "contract-first" web service with Apache CXF. It's a lot easier than doing the same thing with Spring-WS. The project uses standard Maven directory layout. Define the data types ( src/main/resources/hello.xsd ): <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/200... Define the service ( src/main/resources/hello.wsdl ): <?xml version='1.1' encoding='UTF-8'?> <wsdl:de... Create pom.xml : <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.... Generate jaxb bindings: $ mvn generate-sources Code the web service ( src/main/java/com/example/cxfdemo/HelloPortImpl.java ): package com.example.cxfdemo; import javax.j... Declare the CXF servlet in web.xml ( src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml ): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app... Wire up the web service implementation ( src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/cxf-servlet.xml ): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <beans x... Build the WAR: $ mvn clean package After the webapp is deployed (Tomcat running on port 8080), the web service (WSDL) is available via...

Spring-WS documentation says you can use a Jaxb object as parameter or return type, provided that it is annotated with javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement , or is an instance of javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement . But that's a lot easier said than done! For example, if sayHelloResponse is defined as: <xs:element name="sayHelloResponse" type="tns:sayH... then the JAXB generated class is not annotated with XmlRootElement , therefore, unusable for Spring-WS. You have to define the type as: <xs:element name="sayHelloResponse"> <xs:compl... in order to generate a type annotated with XmlRootElement . But that is not always possible. Alternatively, you can use the Maven plugin maven-jaxb2-plugin with the jaxb2-basics-annotate plugin (yes, plugin inside plugin) to inject the XmlRootElement annotation into the generated JAXB class. This is the pom: <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"... and the binding file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="y......

Create a jax-ws web service with Spring, Apache CXF and Maven. Create the pom.xml : <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"... Create the web service interface ( src/main/java/jaxws/JaxwsHello.java ): package jaxws; import javax.jws.WebService;... Implement the web service ( src/main/java/jaxws/JaxwsHelloImpl.java ): package jaxws; import javax.jws.WebService;... Create src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/cxf-servlet.xml : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <beans x... Register the CXF servlet in src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app... Build: mvn package The resulting WAR file can be deployed to any servlet container (for example, Tomcat).

This is probably the easiest way to create a web service in JAX-WS. There are no external dependencies other than Java EE. Assuming that you build the web service as a webapp (say jaxws-example.war), the pom.xml can be as simple as: <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"... You can implement and deploy the web service in 3 easy steps: Code the service as a POJO (annotate class to expose it as a web service) package jaxws; import javax.jws.WebMethod; ... Declare the POJO as a servlet in WEB-INF/web.xml : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app... Build the webapp, and deploy the resulting war: mvn package The only catch is, this only works for a Java EE 5+ compliant container such as WebLogic or JBoss. It does not work for a simple servlet...

This example gets the annotation attributes of of a web service client generated by JAX-WS RI. The generated web service client looks like this: import javax.xml.ws.Service; import javax.xml.w... This is how to get the attributes for annotation @WebServiceClient : WebServiceClient wsc = MyTestWebService.class.getA... Note that even though name , targetNamespace and wsdlLocation are attributes, you get them using a method call. Also, annotations are available at runtime only when they have RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME .

IE categorizes web sites into different security zones . You can put specific sites into a certain zone with the "Security" tab in the "Internet Options" dialog. If a site is not specifically configured, IE has default algorithm to assign it to a zone. which can have unexpected results. For example: http://myserver is in the Intranet zone because the name does not contain a dot (.). But if you are using the IP address of myserver , then it goes to the Internet zone, even though myserver may have an internal IP address, or even on the same subnet: http://192.168.2.1 . IE8 and before displays the Zone of a web site in the status bar. IE9 removed the Zone info from the status bar. You...

The default servlet for Tomcat is declared in $CATALINA_HOME/conf/web.xml : <servlet> <servlet-name>default</servle... Therefore, static content is rendered by the default configuration unless you override it with your own definitions. If you want to allow directory listing, just change the listing parameter to true : <init-param> <param-name>listings</para... Change the welcome-file-list to display a default page in lieu of a directory listing: <welcome-file-list> <welcome-file>home.xhtml</... Welcome pages are defined at the Web application level.

When you insert an attribute in JSP: <%@ taglib uri="http://tiles.apache.org/tags-tiles... you must define the attribute in tiles definitions: <definition name="/home" template="/WEB-INF/templa... Otherwise you'll get runtime exception. The ignore attribute, which defaults to false , will suppress the runtime exception when the attribute is not defined in tiles definition: <%@ taglib uri="http://tiles.apache.org/tags-tiles...

You can define environment variables in the Tomcat context.xml file like this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Context... which is equivalent to the following in web.xml : <env-entry> <env-entry-name>varName</env-entr... In Java code, the variable can be looked up like this: // import javax.naming.Context; // import javax...