It's been a long day of travel...apparently I was right the first time. I cannot seem to get the <configuration> in the <execution> to work. (I thought I had commented out the <configuration> in the <plugin> when I had not.)
What I would like to do is something like this: <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>axistools-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.3</version> <executions> <execution> <id>myService</id> <configuration> <fileName>Some.wsdl</fileName> <location>location</location> <classOfPortType>package.MyClass</classOfPortType> </configuration> <goals> <goal>java2wsdl</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> </plugin>