Hopefully this helps. To get the full stack trace in eclipse I just added: gwt:debug -e -X package to the run configuration goal instead of just package.
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.cxf:cxf-codegen-plugin:2.6.2-SNAPSHOT:wsdl2java (myproject-generate-sources) on project cope: Executionmyproject-generate-sources of goal org.apache.cxf:cxf-codegen-plugin:2.6.2-SNAPSHOT:wsdl2java failed: java.lang.NullPointerException -> [Help 1] org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.apache.cxf:cxf-codegen-plugin:2.6.2-SNAPSHOT:wsdl2java (myproject-generate-sources) on project cope: Execution myproject-generate-sources of goal org.apache.cxf:cxf-codegen-plugin:2.6.2-SNAPSHOT:wsdl2java failed: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:225) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.executeForkedExecutions(MojoExecutor.java:365) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:199) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:84) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:59) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.singleThreadedBuild(LifecycleStarter.java:183) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:161) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:320) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:156) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:537) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:196) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:141) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:290) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:230) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:409) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:352) Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginExecutionException: Execution oim-generate-sources of goal org.apache.cxf:cxf-codegen-plugin:2.6.2-SNAPSHOT:wsdl2java failed: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:110) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:209) ... 23 more Caused by: org.apache.cxf.tools.common.ToolException: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.cxf.tools.wsdlto.WSDLToJavaContainer.execute(WSDLToJavaContainer.java:308) at org.apache.cxf.tools.common.toolspec.ToolRunner.runTool(ToolRunner.java:103) at org.apache.cxf.tools.wsdlto.WSDLToJava.run(WSDLToJava.java:113) at org.apache.cxf.tools.wsdlto.WSDLToJava.run(WSDLToJava.java:86) at org.apache.cxf.maven_plugin.wsdl2java.WSDL2JavaMojo.generate(WSDL2JavaMojo.java:280) at org.apache.cxf.maven_plugin.AbstractCodegenMoho.execute(AbstractCodegenMoho.java:257) at org.apache.cxf.maven_plugin.wsdl2java.WSDL2JavaMojo.execute(WSDL2JavaMojo.java:377) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:101) ... 24 more Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.sonatype.plexus.build.incremental.DefaultBuildContext.getMessage(DefaultBuildContext.java:88) at org.sonatype.plexus.build.incremental.DefaultBuildContext.addMessage(DefaultBuildContext.java:113) at org.apache.cxf.maven_plugin.wsdl2java.WSDL2JavaMojo$2.addWarning(WSDL2JavaMojo.java:277) at org.apache.cxf.tools.wsdlto.databinding.jaxb.JAXBBindErrorListener.warning(JAXBBindErrorListener.java:93) at com.sun.tools.xjc.api.impl.s2j.SchemaCompilerImpl.warning(SchemaCompilerImpl.java:311) at com.sun.tools.xjc.api.impl.s2j.DowngradingErrorHandler.warning(DowngradingErrorHandler.java:60) at com.sun.tools.xjc.reader.internalizer.DOMForest.weakSchemaCorrectnessCheck(DOMForest.java:489) at com.sun.tools.xjc.api.impl.s2j.SchemaCompilerImpl.bind(SchemaCompilerImpl.java:259) at com.sun.tools.xjc.api.impl.s2j.SchemaCompilerImpl.bind(SchemaCompilerImpl.java:94) at org.apache.cxf.tools.wsdlto.databinding.jaxb.JAXBDataBinding.initialize(JAXBDataBinding.java:411) at org.apache.cxf.tools.wsdlto.WSDLToJavaContainer.generateTypes(WSDLToJavaContainer.java:603) at org.apache.cxf.tools.wsdlto.WSDLToJavaContainer.processWsdl(WSDLToJavaContainer.java:248) at org.apache.cxf.tools.wsdlto.WSDLToJavaContainer.execute(WSDLToJavaContainer.java:142) at org.apache.cxf.tools.wsdlto.WSDLToJavaContainer.execute(WSDLToJavaContainer.java:300) ... 31 more ________________________________ From: Freeman Fang <freeman.f...@gmail.com> To: dev@cxf.apache.org; Mike Grandmaison <java97...@yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 7:50 PM Subject: Re: 2.6.2-SNAPSHOT:wsdl2java - null pointer Hi, If you can append a more detailed stack trace, it would be more helpful. Also if you can append a simple wsdl which can reproduce this NPE, we can do a quick test from our side. Freeman ------------- Freeman Fang FuseSource Email:ff...@fusesource.com Web: fusesource.com Twitter: freemanfang Blog: http://freemanfang.blogspot.com http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/1473905042 weibo: http://weibo.com/u/1473905042 On 2012-8-16, at 上午8:22, Mike Grandmaison wrote: Hi, > >I am using the 2.6.2-SNAPSHOT: > >2.6.2-20120813.071134-43 > > >in Eclipse with m2e but I get the following error when I run package. > >[ERROR] Failed to execute goal >org.apache.cxf:cxf-codegen-plugin:2.6.2-SNAPSHOT:wsdl2java >(myproject-generate-sources) on project cope: >Execution myproject-generate-sources of goal >org.apache.cxf:cxf-codegen-plugin:2.6.2-SNAPSHOT:wsdl2java failed: >java.lang.NullPointerException -> [Help 1] > >Here is my pom.xml section for cxf: > ><plugin> > <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId> > <artifactId>cxf-codegen-plugin</artifactId> > <version>${cxf.version}</version> > <executions> > <execution> > <id>myproject-generate-sources</id> > <phase>generate-sources</phase> > <configuration> > ><sourceRoot>${basedir}/target/generated-sources/cxf-codegen-plugin</sourceRoot> > <wsdlOptions> > <wsdlOption> > ><wsdl>http://mydomain.com:23000/webapps/webservicesimulator/service/MyService?wsdl</wsdl> > <extraargs> > <extraarg>-client</extraarg> > </extraargs> > </wsdlOption> > </wsdlOptions> > </configuration> > <goals> > <goal>wsdl2java</goal> > </goals> > </execution> > </executions> > </plugin> > >This works fine with cxf 2.6.1 > >Is there something that changed in the pom.xml requirements for 2.6.2? > >Thank you, > >Mike >