taskdef class com.sun.tools.ws.ant.WsImport cannot be found Following “The java web services tutorial”

Question

I saw the same issue in many different locations and even after a good portion of googling, I could not resolve it. What I am trying to do (the bigger picture) is to go through

Answer 1

This worked for me:

I download the JAVA-WS library from official site I put it on extra-lib directory. This directory is on the same level of build.xml. On build.xml I copy from jaxws-build.xml the Ant task named “wsimport-init” and I modify it as in the follow mode:

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Reference: http://www.staniscia.net/989-resolve-the-portable-problem-of-netbean-jax-ws-libraries-for-web-service-clients/