Error in Output Service generatePDFOutput

Question

Hello,
I am trying to create a PDF using generatePDFOutput Folder and I keep getting error
[10/5/09 11:00:02:695 EDT] 0000002a PivotHandlerW E org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Jdk14Logger error
WSWS3400I
: Info: unexpected exception.
lava.lang.NullPointerException
Can any body suggest me where I am going wrong
SOAP RESPONSE
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><soapenv:Body><soapenv:Fault><faultcode>soapenv :Server.userException</faultcode><faultstring>org.xml.sax.SAXException: SimpleDeserializer encountered a child element, which is NOT expected, in something it was trying to deserialize.</faultstring><detail><faultData><ns1:exception xsi:nil="true" xmlns:ns1="http://adobe.com/idp/services"/><ns2:message xmlns:ns2="http://adobe.com/idp/services">SimpleDeserializer encountered a child element, which is NOT expected, in something it was trying to deserialize.</ns2:message></faultData><ns3:hostname xmlns:ns3="http://xml.apache.org/axis/">server</ns3:hostname></detail></soapenv:Fault></soapenv:Body> </soapenv:Envelope>
My Code
String XMLPath=root +
"/WEB-INF/XML/" + XML; 
OutputServiceServiceLocator ol =
new OutputServiceServiceLocator();OutputService port = ol.getOutputService(
new URL( 
"http://localhost:80/soap/services/FormsService"));((javax.xml.rpc.Stub) port)._setProperty(
javax.xml.rpc.Stub.
USERNAME_PROPERTY,AdobeConstants.
NGPS_USERNAME);((javax.xml.rpc.Stub) port)._setProperty(
javax.xml.rpc.Stub.
PASSWORD_PROPERTY,AdobeConstants.
NGPS_PASSWORD);  
BLOB inDataDoc =
new BLOB(); 
if (null != XML && XML.length() > 0) {  
File XMLFileNameMap =
new File(root + "/WEB-INF/XML/" + XML); 
int XMLFileNameMapLength = new Long(XMLFileNameMap.length()).intValue();
FileInputStream XMLFileNameMapIn =
new FileInputStream(XMLFileNameMap);
byte[] XMLFileNameMapArray = new byte[XMLFileNameMapLength];  
System.
out.println("LENGTH---------->"+XMLFileNameMapArray.length);inDataDoc.setBinaryData(XMLFileNameMapArray);
PDFOutputOptionsSpec pdfOptions =
new PDFOutputOptionsSpec();
 pdfOptions.setLookAhead(500);
 pdfOptions.setRecordLevel(1);
RenderOptionsSpec renderOptions = new RenderOptionsSpec(); 
renderOptions.setCacheEnabled(true);
BLOBHolder generatePDFOutputPDFDoc =
 new BLOBHolder();  
BLOBHolder generatePDFOutputMetaDataDoc =
new BLOBHolder();  
BLOBHolder generatePDFOutputResultDoc =
new BLOBHolder();  
OutputResultHolder outResultHolder =
new OutputResultHolder();  
String XDPPath = AdobeConstants.
NGPS_ROOT_REPOSITORY
+ AdobeConstants.NGPS_FORMS_PATH;System.
out.println("XDPPath---------->" + XDPPath);  
port.generatePDFOutput(TransformationFormat.
PDF, templateNm,XDPPath, pdfOptions, renderOptions, inDataDoc,
generatePDFOutputPDFDoc, generatePDFOutputMetaDataDoc,
generatePDFOutputResultDoc, outResultHolder);

Answer 1

I noticed that you specify the target service URL, but not the blob data type.  Unless you specify that in the proxy class you will have to do it in your call.
Try changing the line marked:
OutputService port = ol.getOutputService(new URL("http://localhost:80/soap/services/FormsService"));
to
OutputService port = ol.getOutputService(new URL(http://localhost:80/soap/services/FormsService?blob=base64));
BTW - there is an article about this on the DevNet site at:http://www.adobe.com/devnet/livecycle/articles/java_soap.html#