Java
Spring Web Services works under Java 1.4, but it requires some effort to make it work. Java 1.4 is bundled with the older XML parser Crimson, which does not handle namespaces correctly. Additionally, it is bundled with an older version of Xalan, which also has problems. Unfortunately, placing newer versions of these on the class path does not override them. See this FAQ entry on the Xalan site, and also this entry on the Xerces site.
The only solution that works is to add newer versions of Xerces and Xalan in the lib/endorsed directory of your JDK, as explained in those FAQs (i.e.$JAVA_HOME/lib/endorsed). The following libraries are known to work with Java 1.4.2:
| Library | Version |
|---|---|
| Xerces | 2.8.1 |
| Xalan | 2.7.0 |
| XML-APIs | 1.3.04 |
Note that the security module requires Java 5, because an underlying library (XWSS) requires it. Also note that SAAJ 1.3 required Java 5 as well, so you need to use SAAJ 1.2 (which can be downloaded as part of the Java Web Services Developer Pack 1.3.
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Spring Web Services works under Java 1.6, but you must make sure to use the versions of Xerces and Xalan that are packaged with it. Using other XML parsing libraries will cause exceptions to occur in theorg.apache.xml.serializer.ToXMLSAXHandler.
Therefore, when using Java 6, do not bundle Xerces, nor Xalan in your application.
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For some reason, Apple decided to include a Java 1.4 compatibility jar with their JDK 1.5. This jar includes the XML parsers which were included in Java 1.4. No other JDK distribution does this, so it is unclear what the purpose of this compatibility jar is.
The jar can be found at /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.5.0/Classes/.compatibility/14compatibility.jar . You can safely remove or rename it, and the tests will run again.
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SAAJ is the SOAP with Attachments API for Java. Like most Java EE libraries, it consists of a set of interfaces (saaj-api.jar), and implementations (saaj-impl.jar). When running in a Application Server, the implementation is typically provided by the application server. Previously, SAAJ has been part of JAXM, but it has been released as a seperate API as part of the Java Web Service Developer Pack, and also as part of J2EE 1.4. SAAJ is generally known as the packagejavax.xml.soap.
Spring-WS uses this standard SAAJ library to create representations of SOAP messages. Alternatively, it can useApache AXIOM.
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| Application Server | SAAJ Version |
|---|---|
| BEA WebLogic 8 | 1.1 |
| BEA WebLogic 9 | 1.1/1.2 * |
| IBM WebSphere 6 | 1.2 |
| SUN Glassfish 1 | 1.3 |
| JBoss 4.2 | 1.3 ** |
* = Seebelow.
** = Seebelow.
Additionally, Java SE 6 includes SAAJ 1.3.
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If you get the following stack trace:
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException:
Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.ws.soap.saaj.SaajSoapMessageFactory'
defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/springws-servlet.xml]:
Invocation of init method failed;
nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError:
javax.xml.soap.MessageFactory.newInstance(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljavax/xml/soap/MessageFactory;
Caused by:
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError:
javax.xml.soap.MessageFactory.newInstance(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljavax/xml/soap/MessageFactory;
Like most J2EE libraries, SAAJ consists of two parts: the API that consists of interfaces (saaj-api.jar) and the implementation (saaj-impl.jar). The stack trace is due to the fact that you are using a new version of the API (SAAJ 1.3), while your application server provides an earlier version of the implementation (SAAJ 1.2 or even 1.1). Spring-WS supports all three versions of SAAJ (1.1 through 1.3), but things break when it sees the 1.3 API, while there is no 1.3 implementation.
The solution therefore is quite simple: to remove the newer 1.3 version of the API, from the class path, and replace it with the version supported by your application server.
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Weblogic 9 has a known bug in the SAAJ 1.2 implementation: it implement all the 1.2 interfaces, but throws UnsupportedOperationExceptions when you call them. Confusingly, the exception message isThis class does not support SAAJ 1.1, even though it supports SAAJ 1.1 just fine; it just doesn't support SAAJ1.2. See alsothis BEA forum post.
Spring-WS has a workaround for this, we basically use SAAJ 1.1 only when dealing with Weblogic 9. Unfortunately, other frameworks which depend on SAAJ, such as XWSS, do not have this workaround. These frameworks happily call SAAJ 1.2 methods, which throw this exception.
The solution is to not use BEA's version of SAAJ, but to use another implementation, like the one from Axis 1, or SUN. In you application context, use the following:
<bean id="messageFactory" class="org.springframework.ws.soap.saaj.SaajSoapMessageFactory">
<property name="messageFactory">
<bean class="com.sun.xml.messaging.saaj.soap.MessageFactoryImpl"></bean>
</property>
</bean>
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The SAAJ implementation provided by JBoss has some issues. The solution is therefore not to use the JBoss implementation, but to use another implementation. For instance, you can use SUN's reference implementation like so:
<bean id="messageFactory" class="org.springframework.ws.soap.saaj.SaajSoapMessageFactory">
<property name="messageFactory">
<bean class="com.sun.xml.messaging.saaj.soap.ver1_1.SOAPMessageFactory1_1Impl"></bean>
</property>
</bean>
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You can find the answer to this question on a separate page . Note that Spring-WS only requires you to write the XSD; the WSDL can be generated from that. The tutorial illustrates how.
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The WSDL query parameter is a way to get a WSDL of a class. In SWS, a service is generally not implemented as a single class, but as a collection of endpoints.
There are two ways to expose a WSDL:
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