Web service wsdl problem

Question

I have a very simple web service cfc file that uses another cfc component in the returntype. Both cfc files are on the same directory in the server. It fails to register (wsdl) on the CF server. If I change the returntype of the web service call to "any" it would work. Anyone has any idea? Below is the code:
authentication_wsapi.cfc
    <cfcomponent>
      <cffunction name="getManagers"
              access="remote"
              returntype="User"
              output="no">
            <cfobject component="User" name="ret">
            <cfreturn ret>
      </cffunction>
    </cfcomponent>
User.cfc
    <cfcomponent>
      <cfproperty name="loginName" type="string">
    </cfcomponent>
url to test:
http://wsapi.my.com/authentication_wsapi.cfc?wsdl
Error I got:
AXIS error
Sorry, something seems to have gone wrong... here are the details:
Exception - java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: user
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: user
    at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method)
    at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Class.java:2427)
    at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethod(Class.java:1935)
    at org.apache.axis.description.JavaServiceDesc.loadServiceDescByIntrospection(JavaServiceDes c.java:863)
If I modify authentication_wsapi.cfc as below (only difference is the returntype) it will work:
        <cfcomponent>
      <cffunction name="getManagers"
              access="remote"
              returntype="any"                        <----- changed from "User" to "any"
              output="no">
            <cfobject component="User" name="ret">
            <cfreturn ret>
      </cffunction>
    </cfcomponent>
It seems authentication_wsapi.cfc can not see the User.cfc on the same dir. BUT the "cfobject" call to create the User component is not complaining though. Any help will be apprecriated!

Answer 1

bkbk,
I tried as you suggested and found some interesting things, but problem still exists...
I created the test.cfm page as you suggested:
test.cfm
<cftry>
<cfobject component="User" name="testUser">
<cfobject component="authentication_wsapi" name="wsapi">
<cfcatch type="any">
   <cfdump var="#cfcatch#">
   <cfabort>
</cfcatch>
</cftry>
Done creating.
and hit it at url:
http://wsapi.my.com/test.cfm
There was no error, it shows "Done creating.".
Just to make sure, I modified my authentication_wsapi.cfc to be:
authentication_wsapi.cfc
    <cfcomponent>
      <cffunction name="getManagers"
              access="remote"
              returntype="User_non_exist"
              output="no">
            <cfobject component="User_non_exist" name="ret">
            <cfreturn ret>
      </cffunction>
    </cfcomponent>
and hit it with the test.cfm url, still no error. Strange!
So I modified test.cfm like this:
test.cfm
<cftry>
<cfobject component="User" name="testUser">
<cfobject component="authentication_wsapi" name="wsapi">
<cfset a = wsapi.getManagers()>
<cfcatch type="any">
   <cfdump var="#cfcatch#">
   <cfabort>
</cfcatch>
</cftry>
Done creating.
Now I see an error complaining the User_non_exist component not exist.
So I changed the authentication_wsapi.cfc back to it's correct form, and with the new test.cfm, and hit the url, there was no error.
Now I hit the wsdl url, it still gave me the original error.
I think the wsdl compiler or some sort in CF server can not see the component inside the authentication_wsapi.cfc.
I am using Coldfusion 9, 64 bit, enterprise version, on a Windows server 2008, with IIS 6.0.
In the IIS web site I defined the "physical path" (is this the web root?) to
   C:\Savvi\Websites\CCD\WSAPI
and both .cfc exist in
   C:\Savvi\Websites\CCD\WSAPI
There are several other web sites co-exist in the same server, with different "physical path". I do not have a "/" mapping defined in the CF server.