Is complexType allowed as attribute content?

Question

I have a WSDL/XSD from client and try to import using wsimport, and it complains:

[ERROR] Unexpected <complexType> appears at line 508 column 33

I checked the file and it shows:

   <complexType name="ActionInfo">
    <sequence/>
    <attribute name="action">
     <complexType name="string">
      <simpleContent>
       <extension/>
      </simpleContent>
     </complexType>
    </attribute>
    <attribute name="type">
     <complexType name="string">
      <simpleContent>
       <extension/>
      </simpleContent>
     </complexType>
    </attribute>
   </complexType>

Is this even legal? Apparently this is the xsd I got from their production environment so it somehow works for them.

On the top of their WSDL, it says it is generated by Axis 1.4

"Works for [us]" is no excuse. It's wrong. (It's also doubtful that it truly works for them.) — kjhughes, Dec 20 '16 at 22:06

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

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Absolutely not.

Attributes by their very nature cannot have complex content. The error message is entirely correct: The type definition for an xs:attribute must be a simple type.

Is complexType allowed as attribute content?

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