Apache CXF client loads fine in Eclipse but standalone jar throws NullpointerException in WSDLServiceFactory

Question

My goal is to create a Web Service client that runs in a standalone jar with all the dependencies using mvn assembly:single

I generated the client using CXF codegen

Answer 1

Expanding on @DanielKulp's answer, which worked a treat for me with CXF 2.7.7 (just in case the link dies). Configure your shade plugin with the following additional transformers:

  
    
    
      META-INF/spring.handlers
    
    
      META-INF/services/com.sun.tools.xjc.Plugin
    
    
      META-INF/spring.schemas
    
    
      META-INF/cxf/cxf.extension
    
    
      META-INF/extensions.xml
    
    
      META-INF/cxf/extensions.xml
    
    
      META-INF/cxf/bus-extensions.txt
    
    
      META-INF/cxf/bus-extensions.xml
    
    
      META-INF/wsdl.plugin.xml
    
    
      META-INF/tools.service.validator.xml
    
    
      META-INF/cxf/java2wsbeans.xml