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Help Needed with SOAP And Apache Axis

Hi.,
I am trying to develop a simple SOAP application using Axis.
I deployed axis in Apache Tomcat 6.
I have given server and client code in code snippet.

And when I try to execute the program I am getting this Exception in Tomcat Console

AxisFault
faultCode: {http://xml.apache.org/axis/}Client.NoSOAPAction
faultSubcode:
faultString: no SOAPAction header!
faultActor:
faultNode:
faultDetail:
{http://xml.apache.org/axis/}stackTrace:no SOAPAction header!
at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet.getSoapAction(AxisServlet.java:1013)
at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet.doPost(AxisServlet.java:678)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:710)
at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServletBase.service(AxisServletBase.java:327)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:263)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.java:852)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:584)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:1508)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
{http://xml.apache.org/axis/}hostname:GSPCW046
no SOAPAction header!
at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet.getSoapAction(AxisServlet.java:1013)
at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet.doPost(AxisServlet.java:678)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:710)
at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServletBase.service(AxisServletBase.java:327)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:263)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.java:852)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:584)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:1508)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Thanks.

My Server code is : MessageService.jws
(I have copied this file in CATALIA_HOME\webapps\axis folder).
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPEnvelope;
import javax.xml.soap.Name;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPBody;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPBodyElement;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPHeader;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement;
 
public class MessageService
{
    public Element[] echoElements(Element [] elems)
    {
        return elems;
    }
   
    public void process(SOAPEnvelope req, SOAPEnvelope resp) throws javax.xml.soap.SOAPException
    {
        try
        {
            SOAPBody body = resp.getBody();
            System.out.println("\n\n");
            System.out.println(body);
            System.out.println("\n\n");
            Name ns0 =  resp.createName("TestNS0", "ns0", "http://example.com");
            Name ns1 =  resp.createName("TestNS1", "ns1", "http://example.com");
            SOAPElement bodyElmnt = body.addBodyElement(ns0);
            SOAPElement el = bodyElmnt.addChildElement(ns1);
            el.addTextNode("TEST RESPONSE");
        }
        catch(Exception exp)
        {
            exp.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}
 
And Client Code is : TestClient.java
 
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import org.apache.axis.client.Call;
import org.apache.axis.client.Service;
import javax.xml.soap.MessageFactory;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPEnvelope;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPMessage;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPPart;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPConnection;
import javax.xml.soap.MimeHeaders;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPConnectionFactory;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPBodyElement;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPBody;
 
public class TestClient
{
    public static void main(String [] args)
    {
        try
        {
            String        xmlString        =    "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n" +
                                            "<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\"\n" +
                                            "                   xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"\n" +
                                            "                   xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">\n" +
                                            " <soapenv:Header>\n" +
                                            "  <shw:Hello xmlns:shw=\"http://localhost:8080/axis/MessageService.jws\">\n" +
                                            "    <shw:Myname>Tony</shw:Myname>\n" +
                                            "  </shw:Hello>\n" +
                                            " </soapenv:Header>\n" +
                                            " <soapenv:Body>\n" +
                                            "  <shw:process xmlns:shw=\"http://localhost:8080/axis/MessageService.jws\">\n" +
                                            "    <shw:City>GENT</shw:City>\n" +
                                            "  </shw:process>\n" +
                                            " </soapenv:Body>\n" +
                                            "</soapenv:Envelope>";
           
            MessageFactory    mf            =    MessageFactory.newInstance();
            SOAPMessage        smsg        =    mf.createMessage(new MimeHeaders(), new ByteArrayInputStream(xmlString.getBytes()));
            SOAPPart        sp            =    smsg.getSOAPPart();
            SOAPEnvelope    se            =    (SOAPEnvelope)sp.getEnvelope();
           
            SOAPConnection    conn        =    SOAPConnectionFactory.newInstance().createConnection();
            SOAPMessage        response    =    conn.call(smsg, "http://localhost:8080/axis/MessageService.jws");
           
            System.out.println("Response : " + response.getSOAPBody());
         }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.err.println(e.toString());
        }
    }
}

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mukundha_expert

try MimeHeaders h = message.getMimeHeaders()
and set
h.setProperty( Call.SOAPACTION_USE_PROPERTY, new Boolean( true ) );
h.setProperty( Call.SOAPACTION_URI_PROPERTY, "<your_soap_action_uri>");

sandeep1984

ASKER

setProperty method s not available in MimeHeaders class.

mukundha_expert

sorry its addHeader()

sandeep1984

ASKER

I tried with this. Still getting the same error.
What might be the problem??

I am using MessageService.jws

Should I use "http://localhost:8080/axis/MessageService.jws?method=process"
or
"http://localhost:8080/axis/MessageService.jws"
for Call.SOAPACTION_URI_PROPERTY

SOAPConnection	conn		=	SOAPConnectionFactory.newInstance().createConnection();
MimeHeaders		h			=	new MimeHeaders();
SOAPMessage		smsg		=	mf.createMessage(h, new ByteArrayInputStream(xmlString.getBytes()));
h.addHeader(Call.SOAPACTION_USE_PROPERTY, "true");
h.addHeader(Call.SOAPACTION_URI_PROPERTY, "http://localhost:8080/axis/MessageService.jws?method=process");
SOAPMessage		response	=	conn.call(smsg, "http://localhost:8080/axis/MessageService.jws");
System.out.println("Response : " + response.getSOAPBody());

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mukundha_expert

ths is your URI, "http://localhost:8080/axis/MessageService.jws"
adding this should work,

But this can be achieved more easily with JAXWS,

get the wsdl, generate the client stubs
and use them to call the webservice method

its simpler and easier, all the packaging and trasport is taken care by it

Siva Prasanna Kumar

To get the exact SOAP action check your WSDL, or better search for "soapAction" in your WSDL you will find the exact Soap action you need to use for invocation.

Siva Prasanna Kumar

The way to add soapAction's in axis is options.setAction("your url");

you may like to follow this

http://www.mail-archive.com/axis-user@ws.apache.org/msg13649.html

sandeep1984

ASKER

How to create a wsdl for my JWS.

sandeep1984

ASKER

I have installed the Service sing AdminClient as follows

I have copied MessageService.class to : CATALINA_HOME/webapps/axis/WEB-INF/classes.

Then I copied deploy.wsdd & undeploy.wsdd to : CATALINA_HOME/webapps/axis/WEB-INF.

deploy.wsdd:
<deployment xmlns="http://xml.apache.org/axis/wsdd/"
xmlns:java="http://xml.apache.org/axis/wsdd/providers/java">

<service name="MyService" provider="java:RPC">
<parameter name="className" value="MessageService"/>
<parameter name="allowedMethods" value="*"/>
</service>
</deployment>

undeploy.wsdd:
<undeployment xmlns="http://xml.apache.org/axis/wsdd/">
<service name="MessageService"/>
</undeployment>

Step 1: java -cp %CATALINA_HOME%\lib\axis.jar;%CATALINA_HOME%\lib\jaxrpc.jar;%CATALINA_HOME%\lib\commons-logging-1.1.jar;%CATALINA_HOME%\lib\commons-discovery-0.2.jar;%CATALINA_HOME%\lib\activation.jar;%CATALINA_HOME%\lib\mail.jar; org.apache.axis.client.AdminClient deploy.wsdd
Step 2 : REM java -cp %CATALINA_HOME%\lib\axis.jar;%CATALINA_HOME%\lib\jaxrpc.jar;%CATALINA_HOME%\lib\commons-logging-1.1.jar;%CATALINA_HOME%\lib\commons-discovery-0.2.jar;%CATALINA_HOME%\lib\activation.jar;%CATALINA_HOME%\lib\mail.jar; org.apache.axis.client.AdminClient -lhttp://localhost:8080/axis/services/AdminService deploy.wsdd

Now I am getting this Error :
SEVERE: SAAJ0008: Bad Response; /axis/MessageService
com.sun.xml.internal.messaging.saaj.SOAPExceptionImpl: java.security.PrivilegedActionException: com.sun.xml.internal.messaging.saaj.SOAPExceptionImpl: Bad response: (404/axis/MessageService

Should I have to specify anything in web.xml file??

My Server Code : MessageService.java
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPEnvelope;
import javax.xml.soap.Name;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPBody;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPBodyElement;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPHeader;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement;
 
public class MessageService
{
	public Element[] echoElements(Element [] elems)
	{
		return elems;
	}
	
	public void process(SOAPEnvelope req, SOAPEnvelope resp) throws javax.xml.soap.SOAPException
	{
		try
		{
			SOAPBody body = resp.getBody();
			System.out.println("\n\n");
			System.out.println(body);
			System.out.println("\n\n");
			Name ns0 =  resp.createName("TestNS0", "ns0", "http://example.com");
			Name ns1 =  resp.createName("TestNS1", "ns1", "http://example.com");
			SOAPElement bodyElmnt = body.addBodyElement(ns0);
			SOAPElement el = bodyElmnt.addChildElement(ns1);
			el.addTextNode("TEST RESPONSE");
		}
		catch(Exception exp)
		{
			System.out.println("Exception while receiving the request");
			exp.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
}
 
Client Code : TestClient
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 
import org.apache.axis.client.Call;
import org.apache.axis.client.Service;
import javax.xml.soap.MessageFactory;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPEnvelope;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPMessage;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPPart;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPConnection;
import javax.xml.soap.MimeHeaders;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPConnectionFactory;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPBodyElement;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPBody;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPFactory;
import javax.xml.soap.Name;
 
public class TestClient
{
	public static void main(String [] args)
	{
		try
		{
			String		xmlString		=	"<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n" +
								            "<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\"\n" +
								            "                   xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"\n" +
								            "                   xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">\n" +
								            " <soapenv:Header>\n" +
								            "  <shw:Hello xmlns:shw=\"http://localhost:8080/axis/MessageService\">\n" +
								            "    <shw:Myname>Tony</shw:Myname>\n" +
								            "  </shw:Hello>\n" +
								            " </soapenv:Header>\n" +
								            " <soapenv:Body>\n" +
								            "  <shw:process xmlns:shw=\"http://localhost:8080/axis/MessageService\">\n" +
								            "    <shw:City>GENT</shw:City>\n" +
								            "  </shw:process>\n" +
								            " </soapenv:Body>\n" +
								            "</soapenv:Envelope>";
			
			MessageFactory	mf			=	MessageFactory.newInstance();
			
			SOAPConnection	conn		=	SOAPConnectionFactory.newInstance().createConnection();
			MimeHeaders		h			=	new MimeHeaders();
			SOAPMessage		smsg		=	mf.createMessage(h, new ByteArrayInputStream(xmlString.getBytes()));
			h.addHeader(Call.SOAPACTION_USE_PROPERTY, "true");
			h.addHeader(Call.SOAPACTION_URI_PROPERTY, "http://localhost:8080/axis/MessageService");
			SOAPMessage		response	=	conn.call(smsg, "http://localhost:8080/axis/MessageService");
			System.out.println("Response : " + response.getSOAPBody());
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			System.err.println(e.toString());
		}
	}
}

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Siva Prasanna Kumar

Sandeep, if you seriously want aviod all these headaches of dealing with SOAP messages and header better use axis Eclipse plugin or Eclipse WTP it solves you problem 90% you just need to do you basic stuff.

if you still want to continue in the same above way, first of check if your web service is up and running.

got to : http://localhost:8080/axis/services

let me know if you can see your MessagingService there, else we can start all over from the start.

Siva Prasanna Kumar

Also note that you are using Jax:RPC which is not very compatible or preferable :)

Take look at the simplest way of creating a web service using Eclipse WTP it take hardly 5 mins :)

http://www.webagesolutions.com/knowledgebase/javakb/jkb004/WTP_demo.htm

sandeep1984

ASKER

I have changed it to provider="java:MSG"
In axis services list, I can see the service running.

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Siva Prasanna Kumar

May I know why C grade??

sandeep1984

ASKER

Sorry mate. I wanted to give you B, but by mistake.
Thanks for your answers.