I am getting the following JAXBException of the form
class SomeClass nor any of its super class is known to this context.
The full stack trace looks like this:
javax.xml.ws.WebServiceException: javax.xml.bind.JAXBException: class com.myCompany.generatedCode.WebServiceOperationName nor any of its super class is known to this context.
at org.apache.axis2.jaxws.ExceptionFactory.createWebServiceException(ExceptionFactory.java:175)
at org.apache.axis2.jaxws.ExceptionFactory.makeWebServiceException(ExceptionFactory.java:70)
at org.apache.axis2.jaxws.ExceptionFactory.makeWebServiceException(ExceptionFactory.java:128)
at org.apache.axis2.jaxws.core.controller.impl.AxisInvocationController.execute(AxisInvocationController.java:586)
at org.apache.axis2.jaxws.core.controller.impl.AxisInvocationController.doInvoke(AxisInvocationController.java:130)
at org.apache.axis2.jaxws.core.controller.impl.InvocationControllerImpl.invoke(InvocationControllerImpl.java:93)
at org.apache.axis2.jaxws.client.proxy.JAXWSProxyHandler.invokeSEIMethod(JAXWSProxyHandler.java:364)
at org.apache.axis2.jaxws.client.proxy.JAXWSProxyHandler.invoke(JAXWSProxyHandler.java:185)
at $Proxy41.deleteAccount(Unknown Source)
at com.myCompany.myPackage.MyWebServiceClient.callSomeWebService(MyWebServiceClient.java:100)
(other classes specific to my application and framework)
...
Caused by:
javax.xml.bind.JAXBException: class com.myCompany.generatedCode.WebServiceOperationName nor any of its super class is known to this context.
at com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.JAXBContextImpl.getBeanInfo(JAXBContextImpl.java:556)
at com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.XMLSerializer.childAsRoot(XMLSerializer.java:452)
at com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.MarshallerImpl.write(MarshallerImpl.java:314)
at com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.MarshallerImpl.marshal(MarshallerImpl.java:243)
at javax.xml.bind.helpers.AbstractMarshallerImpl.marshal(AbstractMarshallerImpl.java:75)
at com.ibm.xml.xlxp2.jaxb.marshal.MarshallerProxy.marshal(MarshallerProxy.java:100)
at org.apache.axis2.datasource.jaxb.JAXBDSContext$1.run(JAXBDSContext.java:470)
at org.apache.axis2.java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:76)
at org.apache.axis2.datasource.jaxb.JAXBDSContext.marshalByElement(JAXBDSContext.java:455)
at org.apache.axis2.datasource.jaxb.JAXBDSContext.marshal(JAXBDSContext.java:414)
at org.apache.axis2.jaxws.message.databinding.impl.JAXBBlockImpl._outputFromBO(JAXBBlockImpl.java:189)
at org.apache.axis2.jaxws.message.impl.BlockImpl.outputTo(BlockImpl.java:372)
at org.apache.axis2.jaxws.message.impl.BlockImpl.serialize(BlockImpl.java:296)
at org.apache.axiom.om.impl.llom.OMSourcedElementImpl.internalSerializeAndConsume(OMSourcedElementImpl.java:808)
at org.apache.axiom.om.impl.llom.OMElementImpl.internalSerialize(OMElementImpl.java:975)
at org.apache.axiom.om.impl.llom.OMElementImpl.internalSerializeAndConsume(OMElementImpl.java:1016)
at org.apache.axiom.soap.impl.llom.SOAPEnvelopeImpl.serializeInternally(SOAPEnvelopeImpl.java:271)
at org.apache.axiom.soap.impl.llom.SOAPEnvelopeImpl.internalSerialize(SOAPEnvelopeImpl.java:233)
at org.apache.axiom.om.impl.llom.OMElementImpl.internalSerializeAndConsume(OMElementImpl.java:1016)
at org.apache.axiom.om.impl.llom.OMNodeImpl.serializeAndConsume(OMNodeImpl.java:488)
at org.apache.axis2.transport.http.SOAPMessageFormatter.writeTo(SOAPMessageFormatter.java:88)
at com.ibm.ws.websvcs.transport.http.SOAPOverHTTPSender.writeMessage(SOAPOverHTTPSender.java:3271)
at com.ibm.ws.websvcs.transport.http.SOAPOverHTTPSender.sendChunkedRequest(SOAPOverHTTPSender.java:888)
at com.ibm.ws.websvcs.transport.http.SOAPOverHTTPSender.sendSOAPRequest(SOAPOverHTTPSender.java:807)
at com.ibm.ws.websvcs.transport.http.SOAPOverHTTPSender.send(SOAPOverHTTPSender.java:611)
at com.ibm.ws.websvcs.transport.http.HTTPTransportSender.invoke(HTTPTransportSender.java:364)
at org.apache.axis2.engine.AxisEngine.send(AxisEngine.java:531)
at org.apache.axis2.description.OutInAxisOperationClient.send(OutInAxisOperation.java:401)
at org.apache.axis2.description.OutInAxisOperationClient.executeImpl(OutInAxisOperation.java:228)
at org.apache.axis2.client.OperationClient.execute(OperationClient.java:163)
at org.apache.axis2.jaxws.core.controller.impl.AxisInvocationController.execute(AxisInvocationController.java:581)
... 52 more
What triggers this is attempting to make a call to a web service operation named WebServiceOperationName. I've seen other tips for dealing with this error which usually involve adding a @XmlSeeAlso annotation or making adjustments to how marshalling and unmarshalling are done.
In this case, I am calling a webservice whose code is generated by Maven based on a WSDL (and supporting schemas). I don't have direct control over the code produced by Maven, and I don't have control over the marshall/unmarshall calls. Other webservice calls in the application don't seem to be having any problem.
Even stranger, I can't reproduce this on my local server, though it happens on the development server. The generated JAR for the webservice is the same, as it the rest of the application's code.
This exception has appeared suddenly this week (and consistently), and I suspect that something has changed, environmentally, but I'm not sure what. Any ideas?
A new observation:
The first time I attempt to run this code on the server after it's been started/restarted, it takes a while (About a minute) before it fails and throws an exception. Every time after that, the exception is almost instantaneous...
Further information:
This problem is present in WebSphere 7.0.0.23 (which is on the server), but not in WebSphere 7.0.0.7 (on the workstation).
The issue's been resolved. I was inspecting the jar that contained the class WAS was complaining about and noticed that some of the classes were duplicated at different levels of package hierarchy. It's worth pointing out that the class that was reported in the original error was not actually one of these duplicated classes. Also, the application did not reference different variants of the same class - the classes referenced were in the expected package. The extra duplicates one level up were not referenced anywhere (as far as I can tell).
It looked like a bad Maven configuration, but when I inspected the xjb binding files, I couldn't figure out how the types in that schema namespace got bound to two different packages. Either way, I cleanded up some of the binding files used by Maven, refactored common bindings into one file, had Maven rebuild the jar, and then tested, and suddenly the issue was gone!
Clearly there was a problem in WAS 7.0.0.23 since the original jar worked fine on WAS 7.0.0.7. It may have been caused by a problem with the Maven bindings which resulted in a strange-looking but technically valid jar.
Also interesting: one of our developers upgraded WAS to 7.0.0.25 and used the original "bad" jar and got a "no such operation" error instead of the JAXBException.