Generate clients for multiple WSLDs using 'clientgen' task.

Question

Issue -
I am trying to generate WS clients for multiple Services(WSDLs). I am using 'clientgen' task. But a 'clientgen'task accepts only one WSDL. If I have more one that one 'clientgen' task, some of the
common classes (generated) are overwritten.
For eg.
WSDL for Contract 1
<s:element name="executeResponse">
<s:complexType>
<s:sequence>
<s:element ref="soa:CancelOrderResponse"/>
</s:sequence>
</s:complexType>
</s:element>
<message name="executeSoapOut">
<part name="parameters" element="s0:executeResponse"/>
</message>
<portType name="CancelOrderSoap">
<operation name="execute">
<input message="s0:executeSoapIn"/>
<output message="s0:executeSoapOut"/>
</operation>
</portType>
<service name="CancelOrder">
<port name="CancelOrderSoap" binding="s0:CancelOrderSoap">
<soap:address location="http://localhost:7001/CoreWSProject/sync/CancelOrder.jws"/>
</port>
</service>
WSDL for Contract 2
<s:element name="executeResponse">
<s:complexType>
<s:sequence>
<s:element ref="soa:CancelOrderResponse"/>
</s:sequence>
</s:complexType>
</s:element>
<message name="executeSoapOut">
<part name="parameters" element="s0:executeResponse"/>
</message>
<portType name="CancelOrderSoap">
<operation name="execute">
<input message="s0:executeSoapIn"/>
<output message="s0:executeSoapOut"/>
</operation>
</portType>
<service name="CancelOrder">
<port name="CancelOrderSoap" binding="s0:CancelOrderSoap">
<soap:address location="http://localhost:7001/CoreWSProject/sync/CancelOrder.jws"/>
</port>
</service>
GENERATED CODE
A class ExecuteResponse will be generated for each service. This class gets overwritten if you use
multiple 'clientgen' tasks.
Question
Is there way to specify multiple WSDLs in 'clientgen' task so that i should be able to package
all the clientcode in one jar without any namespace issues ?
- Sandeep V

Answer 1

If the classes have the same namespace, by default, the same Java package name will be created. There is a packageName attribute on the clientgen Ant task, which provides some control over the Java package name that is used.
There is no way to specify multiple WSDLs to the clientgen Ant task. This makes sense if you subscribe to the notion that a WSDL represents a Web Service. It sounds like you can achieve what you want by:
1. Running clientgen on the first WSDL,
2. Use Ant to extract the contents of the generated JAR into a directory (with a name like clientgen),
3. Running clientgen on the next WSDL,
4. Use Ant to extract the contents of the generated JAR into the same clientgen directory,
5. etc, etc.
Afterwards, you would just need to use Ant to JAR up the clientgen directory. Again, you'll want to specify a different packageName attribute for each WSDL.
HTH,
Mike Wooten