Axis2 comes with a simple service archiver tool. This tool provides easy to use functionality to develop a axis archive or an "aar" file or a "jar" file that can be deployed as a web service to the Axis2. This tool is in the form of an Eclipse plug-in and can be downloaded from the downloads section. The following sections describe how the tool can be used.
Download the binary version of the plug-in and extract the content of the zip file into the Eclipse installation folder. (The plug-in will actually go into the plugins directory in the Eclipse installation root). Restarting Eclipse will set the plug-in automatically.
If the plug-in is properly installed you should see a new wizard under the "New" section.(use the File -> New -> Other or Ctrl + N )
Selecting the wizard and pressing the next button will start the code generator wizard. Following is the first wizard page.
Once the class file folder is given (which should be a folder in the file system) the next button will be enabled. Page 2 of the wizard requires you to locate the wsdl file
The WSDL can be skipped if needed. Select the service.XML file in the next wizard page.
Note that the automatic generation of the service.xml is disabled for this release. After the service.xml is located you can point to the output location and specify the file name.
Once all the parameters are filled, finishing the wizard will generate the service archive. This service archive can be hot deployed to the axis2.