This post will describe its how easy to create web service client using cxf. create simple maven project open eclipse create maven project quick start WSDL I will using weather service to do the deployment. get the wsdl from http://wsf.cdyne.com/WeatherWS/Weather.asmx?WSDL save it at src/main/wsdl/weather.wsdl add cxf plugin open the pom.xml create a tag <build></build> inside <project> tag if not existing. create a <plugins></plugins> inside <build> tag paste following within <plugins> tags <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId> <artifactId>cxf-codegen-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.1.2</version> <executions> <execution> <id>generate-sources</id> <phase>generate-sources</phase>