Java Development Requirements for the Web Services SDK
Developing Java Web-services client applications using the VMware vSphere Web Services SDK requires the Java SDK and a Java Web services development toolset. For best results, use Java 2, Standard Edition, version 8.0 (J2SE 1.8.x).
The Java Web services development toolset must be a SOAP implementation that can be deployed to a Tomcat server. For example, you can use the client-side libraries in JAX-WS. The JAX-WS 2.2 libraries are included with the JDK 1.8.
You can use other client-side tools and libraries, such as IBM WebSphere and several open source implementations, with the vSphere Web Services SDK. However, only the JAX-WS client libraries were tested with this guide.
The samples archive, in samples.jar, includes all vSphere Web Services SDK samples. The samples include client-side stub classes generated using the JAX-WS libraries.