SOAPFaultException: Endpoint {http://test.com/}TestPort: does not contain operation meta data

[Sushma Sharma]

Hi,

I am writing my first WebService. Server is jboss 4.2.2. I wrote a bean and registered as a servlet in my web.xml and deployed it to the server. it deployed fine and generated the wsdl. Now, I am trying to writing a client to invoke this service, but I am gettting the following exception:

  
java.rmi.RemoteException: Call invocation failed with code [Client] because of: Endpoint {http://test.com/}TestPort  does not contain operation meta data for: {http://test.com/}wsTestClient; nested exception is:
        javax.xml.rpc.soap.SOAPFaultException: Endpoint {http://test.com/}TestPort does not contain operation meta data for: {http://test.com/}wsTestClient
        at org.jboss.ws.core.jaxrpc.client.CallImpl.invokeInternal(CallImpl.java:524)
        at org.jboss.ws.core.jaxrpc.client.CallImpl.invoke(CallImpl.java:277)
        at WsTestClient.main(WsTestClient.java:47)
Caused by: javax.xml.rpc.soap.SOAPFaultException: Endpoint {http://test.com/}TestPort does not contain operation meta data for: {http://test.com/}wsTestClient
        at org.jboss.ws.core.jaxrpc.SOAPFaultHelperJAXRPC.getSOAPFaultException(SOAPFaultHelperJAXRPC.java:102)
        at org.jboss.ws.core.jaxrpc.SOAP11BindingJAXRPC.throwFaultException(SOAP11BindingJAXRPC.java:68)
        at org.jboss.ws.core.CommonSOAPBinding.unbindResponseMessage(CommonSOAPBinding.java:553)
        at org.jboss.ws.core.CommonClient.invoke(CommonClient.java:371)
        at org.jboss.ws.core.jaxrpc.client.CallImpl.invokeInternal(CallImpl.java:517)
        ... 2 more
 

Can someone please help me run this program.
Thanks for the help in advance,
Sushma

Here is code for my WebService class, web.xml, wsdl and client:

    
==========WebService Class ======================================
package com.test;

import javax.jws.WebMethod;
import javax.jws.WebService;
import javax.jws.soap.SOAPBinding;

@WebService
@SOAPBinding(style = SOAPBinding.Style.RPC)
public class Test {	
	@WebMethod
	public String print(String input) {
		System.out.println(" Printing in Test. input is = " + input);
		return " received input. success " + input;
	}	
}

========== web.xml======================================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" id="WebApp_ID" version="2.5">
  <display-name>wsTest</display-name>
  <servlet>
    <servlet-name>testWebService</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>com.test.Test</servlet-class>
  </servlet>
  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>testWebService</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

================= wsdl ======================================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<definitions name='TestService' targetNamespace='http://test.com/' xmlns='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/' xmlns:soap='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/' xmlns:tns='http://test.com/' xmlns:xsd='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'>
 <types>
  <xs:schema targetNamespace='http://test.com/' version='1.0' xmlns:tns='http://test.com/' xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'>
   <xs:element name='print' type='tns:print'/>
   <xs:element name='printResponse' type='tns:printResponse'/>
   <xs:complexType name='print'>
    <xs:sequence>
     <xs:element minOccurs='0' name='arg0' type='xs:string'/>
    </xs:sequence>
   </xs:complexType>
   <xs:complexType name='printResponse'>
    <xs:sequence>
     <xs:element minOccurs='0' name='return' type='xs:string'/>
    </xs:sequence>
   </xs:complexType>
  </xs:schema>
 </types>
 <message name='Test_print'>
  <part element='tns:print' name='print'/>
 </message>
 <message name='Test_printResponse'>
  <part element='tns:printResponse' name='printResponse'/>
 </message>
 <portType name='Test'>
  <operation name='print' parameterOrder='print'>
   <input message='tns:Test_print'/>
   <output message='tns:Test_printResponse'/>
  </operation>
 </portType>
 <binding name='TestBinding' type='tns:Test'>
  <soap:binding style='document' transport='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http'/>
  <operation name='print'>
   <soap:operation soapAction=''/>
   <input>
    <soap:body use='literal'/>
   </input>
   <output>
    <soap:body use='literal'/>
   </output>
  </operation>
 </binding>
 <service name='TestService'>
  <port binding='tns:TestBinding' name='TestPort'>
   <soap:address location='http://127.0.0.1:8080/wsTest'/>
  </port>
 </service>
</definitions>

================= WS Client ======================================
import javax.xml.rpc.Call;
import javax.xml.rpc.Service;
import javax.xml.rpc.ServiceFactory;
import javax.xml.rpc.ParameterMode;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;


public class WsTestClient { 
    public static void main(String[] argv) {
       try {
          String NS_XSD
             = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";
          ServiceFactory factory
             = ServiceFactory.newInstance();
          Service service = factory.createService(
             new QName(
                "http://test.com/",
                "testWebService"
             )
          );

          Call call = service.createCall(new QName(
             "http://test.com/",
             "TestPort"
          ));

          call.setTargetEndpointAddress(
             "http://localhost:8080/wsTest?wsdl"
          );
          call.setOperationName(
             new QName(
                "http://test.com/",
                "wsTestClient"
             )
          );

          QName QNAME_TYPE_STRING = 
             new QName(NS_XSD, "string");
          call.setReturnType(QNAME_TYPE_STRING);

          call.addParameter(
             "arg0", QNAME_TYPE_STRING, 
             ParameterMode.IN
          );
          String[] params = { "Murphy Brown" };

          String result = (String) call.invoke(params);
          System.out.println(result);
       } catch (Exception e) {
          e.printStackTrace();
       }
    }

}

[Ivan Krizsan]

Hi!
It looks like you have written a JAX-WS web service which you then try to use from a JAX-RPC client.
The following imports are all imports of JAX-RPC classes:

# import javax.xml.rpc.Call;
# import javax.xml.rpc.Service;
# import javax.xml.rpc.ServiceFactory;
# import javax.xml.rpc.ParameterMode;

I would rewrite the client so that it uses JAX-WS. I suspect this is the cause of the problem.
Best wishes!

[Sushma Sharma]

Thanks Ivan.
I changed the client to use SOAPConnection and I was able to invoke the web service. but for some reson, the parameter I passed is always received null in the web service method.

[Ivan Krizsan]

Hi again!
First of all, make sure that your webservice works as it should by using soapUI to test it.
If that test passes, then you will want to examine what the client sends out. This can be done using some kind of packet sniffing software like Wireshark or some TCP monitoring tool, like the one built into Eclipse or NetBeans.
If the client sends out XML data, copy the contents of the SOAP <body> element and validate it against the XML schema in the WSDL to make sure the format is correct.
Best wishes!

[Sushma Sharma]

Thanks Ivan.
I installed soapUI today and tested my Web service with it. Turns out I was making mistake in passing parameter from the client.

Sushma