Maven wsdl2java <wsdlLocation> tag

Question

I am using wsdl2java in a maven project to generate some artifacts. I didn't start from scratch, but inherited the work of my predecessors. I have a question related to the tag in my pom file.

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
  <artifactId>cxf-codegen-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>2.1.4</version>
  <executions>
    <execution>
      <id>generate-sources</id>
      <phase>generate-sources</phase>
      <configuration>
        <sourceRoot>${project.build.directory}/generated/cxf</sourceRoot>
        <wsdlOptions>
          <wsdlOption>
            <wsdlLocation>http://localhost:8080/sunrise/sunrise?wsdl</wsdlLocation>
            <wsdl>${basedir}/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/wsdl/sunrise/sunrise.wsdl</wsdl>
          </wsdlOption>
        </wsdlOptions>
      </configuration>
      <goals>
        <goal>wsdl2java</goal>
      </goals>
    </execution>
  </executions>
</plugin>

What I am specifically interested in, is inside <wsdlOptions>. What is the difference between <wsdlLocation> and <wsdl>? Which one is used to generate artifacts from?

Answer 1

<wsdlLocation> specifies the value of the @WebServiceClient annotation's wsdlLocation property.

<wsdl> specifies the WSDL location in your project directories.