Starting with version 2.4, jaxws-maven-plugin supports Maven toolchains: if a JDK Toolchain is defined, wsgen and wsimport tools can be used from this toolchain by setting useJdkToolchainExecutable parameter to true.
<project>
...
<build>
...
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxws-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
<configuration>
<useJdkToolchainExecutable>true</useJdkToolchainExecutable>
...
</configuration>
</plugin>
...
</plugins>
...
<build>
...
<project>For details on using toolchains, see Maven guide to using toolchains.
<project>
...
<build>
...
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxws-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>wsgen-from-jdk</id>
<goals>
<goal>wsgen</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<executable>${tool.wsgen}</executable>
<sei>com.mycompany.MyService</sei>
...
</configuration>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>wsimport-from-jdk</id>
<goals>
<goal>wsimport</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<executable>${tool.wsimport}</executable>
<wsdlUrls>
<wsdlUrl>http://example.org/sample.wsdl</wsdlUrl>
</wsdlUrls>
...
</configuration>
</execution>
...
</executions>
</plugin>
...
</plugins>
...
<build>
...
<!-- setup corresponding executables on win/*nix -->
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>win</id>
<activation>
<os>
<family>windows</family>
</os>
</activation>
<properties>
<tool.wsgen>${java.home}/../bin/wsgen.exe</tool.wsgen>
<tool.wsimport>${java.home}/../bin/wsimport.exe</tool.wsimport>
</properties>
</profile>
<profile>
<id>nix</id>
<activation>
<os>
<family>!windows</family>
</os>
</activation>
<properties>
<tool.wsgen>${java.home}/../bin/wsgen</tool.wsgen>
<tool.wsimport>${java.home}/../bin/wsimport</tool.wsimport>
</properties>
</profile>
...
</profiles>
</project>