Java: How create and populate a SOAPMessage

Here is my current code:
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import javax.xml.soap.MessageFactory;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPMessage;
public class test2 {
   public static void main (String args[]) throws Exception {
      MessageFactory mf = MessageFactory.newInstance();
      SOAPMessage soapmsg = mf.createMessage();
  }
}

It compiles but gives this error when executed:
pwh@suse103:/hdb/javatests> java test2
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/rpc/encoding/SerializerFactory
        at org.apache.axis.schema.SchemaVersion.<clinit>(SchemaVersion.java:31)
        at org.apache.axis.message.SOAPEnvelope.<init>(SOAPEnvelope.java:90)
        at org.apache.axis.message.SOAPEnvelope.<init>(SOAPEnvelope.java:74)
        at org.apache.axis.soap.MessageFactoryImpl.createMessage(MessageFactoryImpl.java:52)
        at test2.main(test2.java:7)

I guess javax/xml/rpc/encoding/SerializerFactory is part of JAX-RPC, but I don't know where to find just the jar.
Am I using the wrong packages to begin with? How does one know what packages to use, or what "technologies" to use? I am confused by JAX-RPC, Glassfish, Metro, JavaEESDK, etc.
I hope someone can help> I am spinning my wheels.
All I want to do is send a SOAP message with security elements to a web service.
I've done it with Jitterbit and gotten a usable response, but with Jitterbit everything is under the covers.
I need to know what's happening so I can adapt.
I won't say that money is no object but I sure am wasting a lot of time.

You can download axis... from the location..

http://xml.apache.org/dist/axis/1_1/axis-1_1.zip

it contains the jaxrpc.jar

Metro.. is a stack for developing SOAP applications to communicate securely with .NET

Glassfish is an application server

or you can download the latest version of axis...from here..

http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/ws/axis/1_4  

I found jaxrpc.jar in my installed axis-1_3, expanded the jar file and copied the classes to javaxx/xml/ etc in my test directory. The wee bit of code compiles and works. Now I will try to populate the SOAP message.

You have helped me get going. One last question. Do I ignore javaeesdk, glassfish, etc. and just try to use axis?
Thanks,
Peter

What actually you are trying to do..

Where do you want to send the SOAP message..

The job relates to Outdoor Retailing and Business to Business web services. I am working on this for my brother who owns the Alpine Shop in St. Louis, MO. The first task is to send an XML message to a manufacturer and receive a list of current catalogs. I wrote a small Java program which works with the Patagonia web services server, but they don't use Oasis security. With Jitterbit I can get a CatalogList from a manufacturer that does use Oasis security. But I don't want to be restricted by Jitterbit. I am trying to accomplish write a Java program that send an XML request, with SOAP header including security, and receives a response.

Following is an XML message captured from Jitterbit.
The password shown below is not the actual one.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soapenv:Envelope
xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:ns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:oi="http://ws.outdoorindustry.com/v1_1/"
xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/"
xmlns:ws="http://ws.outdoorindustry.com/v1_1/ws/"
xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<soapenv:Header>
<wsse:Security
   xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd" soapenv:mustUnderstand="1">
   <wsu:Timestamp
     xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd"
        wsu:Id="Timestamp-27959193">
           <wsu:Created>2007-12-28T21:39:05Z</wsu:Created>
           <wsu:Expires>2007-12-28T21:39:10Z</wsu:Expires>
   </wsu:Timestamp>
   <wsse:UsernameToken
      xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd"
      wsu:Id="UsernameToken-6182315">
      <wsse:Username>alpineshop</wsse:Username>
      <wsse:Password Type="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-username-token-profile-1.0#PasswordText">XXXXXXXX
      </wsse:Password>
      <wsse:Nonce>QY4+REeIDI8xqolh0bFGjA==</wsse:Nonce>
      <wsu:Created>2007-12-28T21:39:05Z</wsu:Created>
   </wsse:UsernameToken>
</wsse:Security>
</soapenv:Header>
<soapenv:Body>
        <tns1:catalogListRequest xmlns:tns1="http://ws.outdoorindustry.com/v1_1/" xsi:type="tns1:CatalogListRequest">
                                <tns1:DocumentID>ddd46b79-d957-4a85-92da-a1fba1527738</tns1:DocumentID>
                                <tns1:Vendor xsi:type="tns1:VendorType">
                                        <tns1:VendorID xsi:type="ns:string">18019261500</tns1:VendorID>
                                        <tns1:VendorName xsi:type="ns:string">Petzl</tns1:VendorName>
                                </tns1:Vendor>
                                <tns1:Retailer xsi:type="tns1:RetailerType">
                                        <tns1:RetailerID xsi:type="ns:string">XXXXXXXXXX</tns1:RetailerID>
                                        <tns1:RetailerName xsi:type="ns:string">Alpine Shop</tns1:RetailerName>
                                </tns1:Retailer>
                        </tns1:catalogListRequest>
    </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

I have played with Axis with no real success.
I'm going to give up on this issue for now.
I would cancel the question if I knew how.