xsd2wsdl

Name

xsd2wsdl — generates a WSDL document containing the types defined in an XML Schema document.

Synopsis

xsd2wsdl [[-?] | [-help] | [-h]] [-t target-namespace] [-n wsdl-name] [-d output-directory] [-o output-file] [-v] [[-verbose] | [-quiet]] {xsdurl}

Description

xsd2wsdl imports an XML Schema document and generates a WSDL file containing a types element populated by the types defined in the XML Schema document.

Arguments

The arguments used to manage WSDL file generation are reviewed in the following table.

Option	Interpretation
`-?`	Displays the online help for this utility.
`-help`
`-h`
`-t target-namespace`	Specifies the target namespace for the generated WSDL.
`-n wsdl-name`	Specifies the value of the generated `definition` element's `name` attribute.
`-d` `output-directory`	Specifies the directory in which the generated WSDL is placed.
`-o` `output-file`	Specifies the name of the generated WSDL file.
`-v`	Displays the version number for the tool.
`-verbose`	Displays comments during the code generation process.
`-quiet`	Suppresses comments during the code generation process.
`xsdurl`	The path and name of the existing XSDSchema file.

The -t target-namespace and the xsdurl arguments are required. All other arguments are optional and may be listed in any order.

Using Ant

To call this tool from Ant you execute the org.apache.cxf.tools.misc.XSDToWSDL class.

Example 3 shows the java task to execute this command.

Example 3. Generating a WSDL from a Schema Using Ant

<java classname="org.apache.cxf.tools.misc.XSDToWSDL" fork="true">
  <arg value="-t"/>
  <arg value="http://cxf.apache.org/demos"/>
  ...
  <arg value="MyXSD.xsd"/>
  <classpath>
    <path refid="fsf.classpath"/>
  </classpath>
</java>