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I'm using CXF 2.1 to generate java code from a wsdl, but I'm getting the following error:

WSDLToJava Error: Rpc/encoded wsdls are not supported in JAXWS 2.0

org.apache.cxf.tools.common.ToolException: Rpc/encoded wsdls are not supported in JAXWS 2.0
    at org.apache.cxf.tools.wsdlto.frontend.jaxws.wsdl11.JAXWSDefinitionBuilder.checkSupported(JAXWSDefinitionBuilder.java:141)
    at org.apache.cxf.tools.wsdlto.frontend.jaxws.wsdl11.JAXWSDefinitionBuilder.build(JAXWSDefinitionBuilder.java:87)
    at org.apache.cxf.tools.wsdlto.frontend.jaxws.wsdl11.JAXWSDefinitionBuilder.build(JAXWSDefinitionBuilder.java:61)
    at org.apache.cxf.tools.wsdlto.WSDLToJavaContainer.execute(WSDLToJavaContainer.java:127)
    at org.apache.cxf.tools.wsdlto.WSDLToJavaContainer.execute(WSDLToJavaContainer.java:232)
    at org.apache.cxf.tools.common.toolspec.ToolRunner.runTool(ToolRunner.java:83)
    at org.apache.cxf.tools.wsdlto.WSDLToJava.run(WSDLToJava.java:103)
    at org.apache.cxf.tools.wsdlto.WSDLToJava.main(WSDLToJava.java:173)

How do I fix this error, can I use a previous version of CXF or anything else to fix it?

Dan Lew
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RPC/encoded is a vestige from before SOAP objects were defined with XML Schema. It's not widely supported anymore. You will need to generate the stubs using Apache Axis 1.0, which is from the same era.

java org.apache.axis.wsdl.WSDL2Java http://someurl?WSDL

You will need the following jars or equivalents in the -cp classpath param:

This will generate similar stubs to wsimport.

Alternatively, if you are not using the parts of the schema that require rpc/encoded, you can download a copy of the WSDL and comment out those bits. Then run wsimport against the local file.

If you look at the WSDL, the following bits are using rpc/encoded:

<soap:body use="encoded"
           encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
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Chase Seibert
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    Is there any documentation available for this problem in internet? – Ganesh Aug 10 '11 at 13:09
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    On the last Axis 1.4 distribution I have different jars naming and mail-1.4.jar is not present. It does not work as is. (I followed your Axis 1.0 link) – рüффп Apr 13 '12 at 13:35
  • u ll need to add it explicitly.mail-1.x.jar and activation-1.x.jar – nikhil Oct 21 '15 at 04:49
  • I tried your method and I get "java.net.ProtocolException: Server redirected too many times", which is probably due to the fact that I'm trying to import from a web service that requires authentication, how can I deal with authentication using your method? – Neo May 10 '16 at 14:43
  • I had removed use=encoded attribute, from and wsimport stopped complaining anymore and generated artifacts out of the wsdl. Is this a right approach ? Or it will have any impact. – G.S.Tomar Jul 29 '17 at 03:12
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    @Albert, for maven see my post below – Foyta Oct 15 '18 at 21:57
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I used Axis 1.4 as Chase Seibert suggested in his answer, although the download link given in that answer doesn't work. The alternative download link I used gave me different libraries. Below are the steps I followed to generate my code.

Go to http://apache.is.co.za/axis/axis/java/1.4/ and download axis-bin-1_4.zip.

Extract it, and you should have the following files (among others):

  • axis.jar
  • commons-discovery-0.2.jar
  • commons-logging-1.0.4.jar
  • jaxrpc.jar
  • saaj.jar
  • wsdl4j-1.5.1.jar

Execute WSDL2Java using the following command (replacing the URL, of course):

java -cp axis.jar;commons-logging-1.0.4.jar;commons-discovery-0.2.jar;jaxrpc.jar;saaj.jar;wsdl4j-1.5.1.jar org.apache.axis.wsdl.WSDL2Java http://someURL?WSDL

This will generate your Java files.

P.S.: This seems to work equally well using Axis 1.2.1.

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Stephan B
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    Two classes are reported missing resulting in Attachment support being disabled. To fix this, get mail.jar and activation.jar and add them to the command. – Marco Borchert Aug 06 '14 at 13:22
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    Add mailapi.jar and activation.jar as @Marco Brochet stated. I used -classpath and replaced ";" with ":". java -classpath axis.jar:commons-logging-1.0.4.jar:commons-discovery-0.2.jar:jaxrpc.jar:saaj.jar:wsdl4j-1.5.1.jar:mailapi.jar:activation.jar org.apache.axis.wsdl.WSDL2Java https://api.clickatell.com/soap/webservice.php?WSDL – Cedric Simon Aug 12 '14 at 14:08
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May be this would help with CXF. Alteast it worked for me. I edited the WSDL file and removed all references of SOAP-ENC and created type ArrayOfString in below way

<xsd:complexType name="ArrayOfString">
    <xsd:sequence>
      <xsd:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" name="String" type="xsd:string"/>
    </xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
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In case someone would like to use maven: (plus here some info about WSDL binding styles)

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
            <artifactId>axistools-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>1.4</version>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <id>generate-sources</id>
                    <phase>generate-sources</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>wsdl2java</goal>
                    </goals>
                    <configuration>
                        <!-- Use your .wsdl location here-->
                        <sourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/resources/wsdl</sourceDirectory>
                    </configuration>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>
<!-- Here the libraries that you need to call the Axis WS client -->
<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.axis</groupId>
        <artifactId>axis</artifactId>
        <version>1.4</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.axis</groupId>
        <artifactId>axis-jaxrpc</artifactId>
        <version>1.4</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
        <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
        <version>1.2</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>commons-discovery</groupId>
        <artifactId>commons-discovery</artifactId>
        <version>0.5</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>axis</groupId>
        <artifactId>axis-wsdl4j</artifactId>
        <version>1.5.1</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.axis</groupId>
        <artifactId>axis-saaj</artifactId>
        <version>1.4</version>
    </dependency>
    <!-- activation+mail: To stop Axis generating WARNING about "Attachment support being disabled" -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
        <artifactId>activation</artifactId>
        <version>1.1.1</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
        <artifactId>mail</artifactId>
        <version>1.4.7</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>
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This is whats happened to me (old wsdl in the same folder): https://www.damirscorner.com/blog/posts/20180831-CodeGenerationWithMavenCxfPlugin.html

"Obviously, something else was causing the problem for the Maven plugin. After a lot of trial and error, I finally got to the bottom of it. There was another WSDL file in the same folder and that one was for an RPC/literal web service. The plugin failed because it was trying to process it although the full path to my WSDL path in the configuration didn't point to it in any way."

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just extract,and Execute WSDL2Java? using the following command (replacing the URL, of course):

java -cp axis.jar;commons-logging-1.0.4.jar;commons-discovery-0.2.jar;jaxrpc.jar;saaj.jar;wsdl4j-1.5.1.jar org.apache.axis.wsdl.WSDL2Java http://someURL?WSDL
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