wscompile is incorrect, and it is actually wrong in many areas like this. A complex type should only be unwrapped if there are no attributes. The reason is lack of order which is essential to determining a correct method signature. On this topic, we have a bug where array types are unwrapped if there are attributes. http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBWS-1189 View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3993637#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...