[ BUILD # : 200709200000 ]
[ JDK VERSION : 1.6.2 ]

While working with the article Getting Started with JAX-WS Web Services in NetBeans IDE 6.0 [1] I decided to create an ejb that would consume the web service.

Created a stateless session bean. Added New Web Service Client within the EJB project. Once the initial skeleton of the slsb has been created, I use Web Service Client Resources > Call Web Service Operation (note there were no methods in the ejb yet). The code put in the ejb likely assumed there's a method within it, but since it was not, it ended up with something like:

package org.me.calculator.client;

import javax.ejb.Stateless;
import javax.xml.ws.WebServiceRef;

@Stateless
public class CalculatorWS_EJB_ApplicationBean implements CalculatorWS_EJB_ApplicationLocal {
    @WebServiceRef(wsdlLocation = "http://localhost:8080/CalculatorWSApplication/CalculatorWSService?wsdl")
    private CalculatorWSService service;
    
    try { // Call Web Service Operation
        org.me.calculator.client.CalculatorWS port = service.getCalculatorWSPort();
        // TODO initialize WS operation arguments here
        int i = 0;
        int j = 0;
        // TODO process result here
        int result = port.add(i, j);
        System.out.println("Result = "+result);
    } catch (Exception ex) {
        // TODO handle custom exceptions here
    }

    // Add business logic below. (Right-click in editor and choose
    // "EJB Methods > Add Business Method" or "Web Service > Add Operation")
 
}

which is illegal - try/catch outside any method.

[1] http://www.netbeans.org/kb/60/websvc/jax-ws.html