XPages and Apache CXF: what's the best place for WSDL files?

Question

I am currently testing Apache CXF (2.7.11). Purpose is to build a Web Service client. I am roughly following Martin Vereecken's blog post (http://www.bizzybee.be/2013/01/23/creating-a-java-webservice-client-in-domino-using-apache-cxf/#more-451). I have a WSDL file and I created sample code with the wsdl2java tool.

My first thought was to store the wsdl file in the NSF (e.g. WebContent\WEB-INF\resources\wsdl). However, the code generated does not seem to find the WSDL file. Code looks something like this (class name Session comes form the WSDL):

Session.java:

URL url = Session.class.getResource("WEB-INF/wsdl/twinfield/session.wsdl");
    if (url == null) {
        url = Session.class.getClassLoader().getResource("WEB-INF/wsdl/twinfield/session.wsdl");
    } 

I tried both WEB-INF and /WEB-INF but neither seem to work.

If I put the WSDL file on the web (e.g. domino/html/wsdl folder) the url above works, but the code breaks later (it seems that it uses java.io.File trying to load the WSDL).

Local reference (e.g. C:\temp\wsdl) could work but does not really sound like a robust option.

The final java code will be in WebContent\WEB-INF\src, not in Code\Java.

So, what is the "best practice" for storing and referencing WSDL files in Domino environment?

UPDATE

I went with @stwissel's proposal and noticed that the wsdl2java tool can actually create the whole jar for you. Just specify option -clientJar and the resulting JAR file will contain all class files + the wsdl file.

Answer 1

When you generate the Java classes from the WSDL, you should pack them into a JAR file. Put the WSDL into the Jar file, so it never gets lost. This blog article and the comments explain it.

A potential issue could be the access rights (Java execution permissions) when you keep that jar inside the NSF.

The blog entry contains the sample code, so check it out!