Anonymous types in an exception aren't generated in WSDL -------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBWS-3682 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBWS-3682 Project: JBoss Web Services Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Components: jbossws-cxf Affects Versions: jbossws-cxf-4.2 Reporter: Tadayoshi Sato Fix For: jbossws-cxf-5.0 Attachments: exception-anontype.zip This is a CXF issue: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CXF-5208 Anonymous types (annotated with {{@XmlType(name = "")}}) in an exception class aren't generated at all in WSDL. Web service classes: {code:java} @WebService public class GreetingService { @WebMethod public void hello() throws MyException {} ... {code} {code:java} public class MyException extends Exception { private String str; private MyAnonType myAnonObj; public String getStr() { return str; } public void setStr(String str) { this.str = str; } public MyAnonType getMyAnonObj() { return myAnonObj; } public void setMyAnonObj(MyAnonType myAnonObj) { this.myAnonObj = myAnonObj; } ... {code} {code:java} @XmlType(name = "") public class MyAnonType { ... {code} Generated WSDL: {code:xml} <wsdl:types> <xs:schema ...> ... <xs:complexType name="MyException"> <xs:sequence> <xs:element name="str" nillable="true" type="xs:string"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> {code} Note that the same type ({{MyAnonType}}) is generated in WSDL if the {{@XmlType(name = "")}} annotation is removed.