The @WebServiceRef annotation provides a reference to a web service. The following example shows uses the @WebServiceRef annotation to declare a reference to a web service. WebServiceRef uses the wsdlLocation element to specify the URI of the deployed service’s WSDL file:
... import javax.xml.ws.WebServiceRef; ... public class ResponseServlet extends HTTPServlet { @WebServiceRef(wsdlLocation= "http://localhost:8080/helloservice/hello?wsdl") static HelloService service;