jonathan wilson [https://community.jboss.org/people/888yyy888] created the discussion "Re: get Jboss 7 to use custom top down WSDL definition of your choosing, without having CXF generate a wsdl" To view the discussion, visit: https://community.jboss.org/message/801991#801991 -------------------------------------------------------------- so setting the wsdlLocation in the @webservice annotation lead to the error described here http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/cxf-users/200806.mbox/%3C1932ACF... http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/cxf-users/200806.mbox/%3C1932ACF... mailto:box/cxf-users/200806.mbox/%3C1932ACF3-DCD2-4073-83DD-981FC0F68F53@apache.org box/cxf-users/200806.mbox/%3C1932ACF3-DCD2-4073-83DD-981FC0F68F53(a)apache.org%3E so it turned way simpler after reading it the directions there list two options: 1) Update the @WebService annotation on the FooDocumentImpl class to  have the serviceName/portName attributes that match the values in the  wsdl. 2) Update the <jaxws:endpoint> element in your config to add the  qnames for the service name and portname. the first is if you are not using Spring, so after explicitly bringing the @WebService annotation to: @WebService(endpointInterface = "main.package.InterfaceWS", serviceName = "InterfaceWSService", name = "InterfaceWS", targetNamespace = " http://Interface.namespace.main http://Interface.namespace.main";, wsdlLocation = "WEB-INF/wsdl/InterfaceWS.wsdl" ,portName="InterfaceWSPort") to match the service description in the wsdl: | | <service name="InterfaceWSService"> | | | | <port binding="tns:InterfaceWSSOAPBinding" name="InterfaceWSPort"> | | | | | <soap:address location="http://localhost:8080/theLocationOfTheInterface" /> | | | | </port> | | | </service> | it worked like a charm -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [https://community.jboss.org/message/801991#801991] Start a new discussion in JBoss Web Services at Community [https://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]