Use the Included Build Scripts in the Web Services SDK
Last Updated December 16, 2024

If you modify the sample files, or need to rebuild them for any reason, you can use the

build.bat

build.sh

script included with the SDK. These scripts performs all necessary tasks to build the SDK files.

You must install the JDK and set the

JAVAHOME

environment variable.

This task shows how to use the build scripts included with the SDK.

Open a command prompt.

Navigate to the subdirectory containing the

build.bat

and

build.sh

files.

cd %WS_SDK_HOME%\java\JAXWS\

Run the

build.bat

(or

build.sh

) script by entering its name at the command prompt.

build

The console displays output, starting with

Generating stubs from wsdl

. In a few minutes, the process finishes. The word

Done

appears at the command prompt, as shown in the following example. The

Generating stubs from wsdl

message appears twice, because this build file generates client stubs using both sets of WSDL declarations, found in the

\vim

and

\vim25

subdirectories.

Successful Stub Generation and Compilation Using the build.bat Script

Generating stubs from wsdl
Compiling stubs.
...
Done.
C:\devprojects\visdk21\SDK\vsphere-ws\java\JAXWS>

When the process finishes, the appropriate sample

.jar

files show the current date and time.

To compile without re-generating the stubs from the WSDL, use the

-w

flag with the build script, as follows:

build -w

You can run any of the sample applications by following the instructions in Running the Web Services SDK SimpleClient Sample Application to Validate Setup

VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 8.0