What's the minimum classpath for an Axis2 client?

Question

I want to build an Axis2 client (I\'m only accessing a remote web service, I\'m not implementing one!) with Maven2 and I don\'t want to add 21MB of JARs to my project.

Answer 1

(Note: This response was provided by Aaron Digulla himself. What follows is the exact text of his own answer.)

In maven2, the minimum dependency set to make an ADB client work ("ADB" as in the way you created the Java classes from the WSDL) is this:

    <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.axis2</groupId>
            <artifactId>axis2-kernel</artifactId>
            <version>1.4.1</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.axis2</groupId>
            <artifactId>axis2-adb</artifactId>
            <version>1.4.1</version>
    </dependency>

Hmmm... it seems I can't flag that as the correct answer. Can someone please copy this so I can flag his post?

Answer 2

Actually, you only need the axis-abd dependency since the axis2-kernel is a sub-dependency of axis-abd. Therefore you can sum it up with:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.axis2</groupId>
    <artifactId>axis2-adb</artifactId>
    <version>1.5.1</version>
</dependency>

Answer 3

If your client is running on Java 6, consider using JAX-WS for consuming the WS. JAX-WS uses the JAXB standard for binding and you don't need a single extra jar for the client.