Apache Axis2 Tools

Axis2 is bundled with a set of tools in order to make users' life easier. This page is maintained to keep track of the tools supported by Axis2.

Name Description
Code Generator Tool- Command Line & Ant Task Tool consists of a command line version and an Ant Task. It is implemented by the WSDL2Code class and WSDL2Java class. One can choose to run the main classes directly or use one of the scripts to run the WSDL2Code and WSDL2Java appropriately.
axis2-aar-maven-plugin This plugin generates an Axis2 service file (AAR file).
axis2-mar-maven-plugin This plugin generates an Axis2 module archive file (MAR file).
axis2-java2wsdl-maven-plugin

This plugin takes as input a Java class and generates a WSDL, which describes a Web service for invoking the classes methods.

axis2-wsdl2code-maven-plugin

This plugin takes as input a WSDL and generates client and server stubs for calling or implementing a Web service matching the WSDL.

axis2-repo-maven-plugin

This plugin creates Axis2 repositories from project dependencies.

axis2-xsd2java-maven-plugin

This plugin generates ADB beans from a set of XSD files.

The command line tools and Ant tasks are bundled with the Axis2 binary distribution. All Maven plugins are available from the Maven central repository and need not be downloaded separately.