I have a WSDL which I need to trigger some commands from. I need to do this as part of a Maven Plugin (Mojo)
I'm a relative newbie to SOAP so what I want to know is this:
1) Is this possible? Can the SOAP calls be run from a Maven Plugin or does it require a container or something else?
2) If so, what tools should I use to do this? I've read about Apache Axis and have seen that it's capable of building a lot of things from the WSDL itself. Is this the sort of tool I should use? Do Mojos have a built in SOAP executor?
3) If not, what are my alternatives?
Is this possible? Can the SOAP calls be run from a Maven Plugin or does it require a container or something else?
Yes, that's possible, you do not require any kind of container to run a SOAP client.
If so, what tools should I use to do this? I've read about Apache Axis and have seen that it's capable of building a lot of things from the WSDL itself. Is this the sort of tool I should use? Do Mojos have a built in SOAP executor?
I would consider using a JAX-WS stack like JAX-WS RI which is included in Java 6. Much easier and much more elegant. Here are some tutorials to get started:
In short, use wsimport to generate and compile the web service artifacts needed to connect to the service and use them from the Mojo.