Java EE 8 Development with Eclipse

Consuming a web service using JAX-WS

Let's now create a simple Java console app to consume the web service we created earlier. Select File | New | Maven Project. Select the Create a simple project option on the first page and click Next. Enter the following configuration details:

Figure 9.10: Create a Maven project for the web service client

Make sure that the Packaging type is jar. Click Finish.

We will now generate a stub and a supporting class on the client side for invoking the web service. We will use the wsimport tool to generate client classes. We will specify the package for the generated classes by using the -p option and the WSDL ...