Axis and WebLogic 8.1 - java.lang.InternalError: erroneous handlers

Question

I am using Axis2 on WebLogic 8.1. When I access my webservice via a RPC client, it works fine. But when I access it by embedding that RPC code into an an EJB (deployed on the same server as the webservice), I get java.lang.InternalError: erroneous handlers:
<ExecuteThread: '13' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default'>
<BEA1-00B09EB5658F51185459> <BEA-010051>
<EJB Exception occurred during invocation from home:
mypackage....._HomeImpl@257af52 threw exception: java.lang.InternalError: erroneous handlers
java.lang.InternalError: erroneous handlers
     at org.apache.axis2.deployment.AxisConfigBuilder.populateConfig()V(AxisConfigBuilder.java:???)
     at org.apache.axis2.deployment.DeploymentEngine.populateAxisConfiguration(Ljava.io.InputStream;)Lorg.apache.axis2.engine.AxisConfiguration;(DeploymentEngine.java:690)
     at org.apache.axis2.deployment.FileSystemConfigurator.getAxisConfiguration()Lorg.apache.axis2.engine.AxisConfiguration;(FileSystemConfigurator.java:109)
     at org.apache.axis2.context.ConfigurationContextFactory.createConfigurationContext(Lorg.apache.axis2.engine.AxisConfigurator;)Lorg.apache.axis2.context.ConfigurationContext;(ConfigurationContextFactory.java:61)
     at org.apache.axis2.context.ConfigurationContextFactory.createConfigurationContextFromFileSystem(Ljava.lang.String;Ljava.lang.String;)Lorg.apache.axis2.context.ConfigurationContext;(ConfigurationContextFactory.java:180)
     at org.apache.axis2.client.ServiceClient.initializeTransports(Lorg.apache.axis2.context.ConfigurationContext;)V(ServiceClient.java:189)
     at org.apache.axis2.client.ServiceClient.configureServiceClient(Lorg.apache.axis2.context.ConfigurationContext;Lorg.apache.axis2.description.AxisService;)V(ServiceClient.java:118)
     at org.apache.axis2.client.ServiceClient.<init>(Lorg.apache.axis2.context.ConfigurationContext;Lorg.apache.axis2.description.AxisService;)V(ServiceClient.java:114)
     at org.apache.axis2.client.ServiceClient.<init>()V(ServiceClient.java:207)
     at org.apache.axis2.rpc.client.RPCServiceClient.<init>()V(RPCServiceClient.java:44)
     at my bean here...Parts of my code that I use to access the webservice from a stateless session bean:
serviceClient = new RPCServiceClient();
               Options options = serviceClient.getOptions();
               EndpointReference targetEPR = new EndpointReference(
                         "http://localhost/axis2/services/MyService");
               options.setTo(targetEPR);
               QName qname = new QName("http://my.s/xsd", "getScore");
               Object[] args = new Object[] { new String("hello-world"),
                         new Integer(786) };
               Class[] returnTypes = new Class[] { String.class };
               Object[] response = serviceClient.invokeBlocking(qname, args,
                         returnTypes);Any help is appreciated...

Answer 1

This Exception occurs due to classpath setting in weblogic.cmd.
Please make sure that axis path has been set in this file.
Sometimes Weblogic gives this exception when "NoClassDefinitionException" occurs.
On the Other hand we can say that "NoClassDefinitionException" mesassage in weblogic is being displayed by "java.lang.InternalError errorneous handler".
Edit the weblogic.cmd or weblogic.sh to include axis.jar to remove this problem
Ajay Tiwari