Pls Help - Mule Connect to External Webservices

Hi,

I am new to mule and the I would like to do the following

1. Called an External Webservice(outbound-endpoint).
2. WSDL takes complexType and returns ComplexType.

From Googling, i see lot of discussions around following. Can someone help me

1. CXF vs Axis - Which one should I be using to achieve the my goal. Assuming that WSDL is not avaible online.
2. Some forums talks about writing an axisclient. Is this required?. Or in other words, Should i write a any custom java code(Client APP) to invoke the webservice.

I couldn't find any examples of doing this. Any help or link to examples will be greatly appreciated.