Error "expected element is missing: SMOKER_DT" running Get method

Question

Hello,
We have PT 8.49 and we managed publish the WSDL for the CI-based Web Services for the PERSONAL_DATA component.
Using JDeveloper, we managed to build a Web Service Proxy in Java to retrieves one or more record keys (EMPLID and NAME) using the Find method/operation.
But when we try to use the Get operation to fetch the remaining properties of the Employee (such as Birth Date, etc) it gives us the above error, exactly when it is executing the following method:
sRPersonalData = myPort.CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_G(sPersonalData);
What are we doing wrong? We tried Peoplesoft support, but they say it is not their problem (third party).
Here is the full code and the error:
// Version = Oracle WebServices (10.1.3.3.0, build 070610.1800.23513)
package model.proxy;
import oracle.webservices.transport.ClientTransport;
import oracle.webservices.OracleStub;
import javax.xml.rpc.ServiceFactory;
import javax.xml.rpc.Stub;
import model.proxy.types.com.oracle.xmlns.enterprise.tools.schemas.m355439.Get__CompIntfc__RCUH_PERSONAL_DATAResponseTypeShape;
import model.proxy.types.com.oracle.xmlns.enterprise.tools.schemas.m754285.EMPLIDTypeShape;
import model.proxy.types.com.oracle.xmlns.enterprise.tools.schemas.m754285.Get__CompIntfc__RCUH_PERSONAL_DATATypeShape;
public class CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_PortClient {
private model.proxy.CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_PortType _port;
public CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_PortClient() throws Exception {
ServiceFactory factory = ServiceFactory.newInstance();
port = ((model.proxy.CIRCUH_PERSONAL_DATA)factory.loadService(model.proxy.CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA.class)).getCI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_Port();
* @param args
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
model.proxy.CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_PortClient myPort = new model.proxy.CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_PortClient();
System.out.println("calling " + myPort.getEndpoint());
// Add your own code here
myPort.setUsername("PS");
myPort.setPassword("xxxxx");
Get__CompIntfc__RCUH_PERSONAL_DATATypeShape sPersonalData = new Get__CompIntfc__RCUH_PERSONAL_DATATypeShape();
Get__CompIntfc__RCUH_PERSONAL_DATAResponseTypeShape sRPersonalData;// = new Get__CompIntfc__RCUH_PERSONAL_DATAResponseTypeShape();
EMPLIDTypeShape sEmplId = new EMPLIDTypeShape();
sEmplId.set_value("12345");
sPersonalData.setEMPLID(sEmplId);
sRPersonalData = myPort.CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_G(sPersonalData);
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
* delegate all operations to the underlying implementation class.
CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_G
public model.proxy.types.com.oracle.xmlns.enterprise.tools.schemas.m355439.Get__CompIntfc__RCUH_PERSONAL_DATAResponseTypeShape CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_G(model.proxy.types.com.oracle.xmlns.enterprise.tools.schemas.m754285.Get__CompIntfc__RCUH_PERSONAL_DATATypeShape parameter) throws java.rmi.RemoteException, model.proxy.types.com.oracle.xmlns.enterprise.tools.schemas.m724133.ErrorTypeShape {
return port.CIRCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_G(parameter);
* used to access the JAX-RPC level APIs
* returns the interface of the port instance
public model.proxy.CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_PortType getPort() {
return _port;
public String getEndpoint() {
return (String) ((Stub) port).getProperty(Stub.ENDPOINT_ADDRESS_PROPERTY);
public void setEndpoint(String endpoint) {
((Stub) port).setProperty(Stub.ENDPOINT_ADDRESS_PROPERTY, endpoint);
public String getPassword() {
return (String) ((Stub) port).getProperty(Stub.PASSWORD_PROPERTY);
public void setPassword(String password) {
((Stub) port).setProperty(Stub.PASSWORD_PROPERTY, password);
public String getUsername() {
return (String) ((Stub) port).getProperty(Stub.USERNAME_PROPERTY);
public void setUsername(String username) {
((Stub) port).setProperty(Stub.USERNAME_PROPERTY, username);
public void setMaintainSession(boolean maintainSession) {
((Stub) port).setProperty(Stub.SESSION_MAINTAIN_PROPERTY, Boolean.valueOf(maintainSession));
public boolean getMaintainSession() {
return ((Boolean) ((Stub) port).getProperty(Stub.SESSION_MAINTAIN_PROPERTY)).booleanValue();
* returns the transport context
public ClientTransport getClientTransport() {
return ((OracleStub) _port).getClientTransport();
C:\jdeveloper\jdk\bin\javaw.exe -client -classpath C:\jdeveloper\jdev\mywork\PersonalDataG2\Model\classes;C:\jdeveloper\lib\xmlparserv2.jar;C:\jdeveloper\lib\xml.jar;C:\jdeveloper\j2ee\home\lib\activation.jar;C:\jdeveloper\j2ee\home\lib\ejb.jar;C:\jdeveloper\j2ee\home\lib\jms.jar;C:\jdeveloper\j2ee\home\lib\jta.jar;C:\jdeveloper\j2ee\home\lib\mail.jar;C:\jdeveloper\j2ee\home\lib\servlet.jar;C:\jdeveloper\webservices\lib\jaxrpc-api.jar;C:\jdeveloper\webservices\lib\wsclient.jar;C:\jdeveloper\webservices\lib\wsserver.jar;C:\jdeveloper\webservices\lib\wssecurity.jar;C:\jdeveloper\webservices\lib\wsdl.jar;C:\jdeveloper\webservices\lib\orasaaj.jar;C:\jdeveloper\webservices\lib\saaj-api.jar;C:\jdeveloper\webservices\lib\orawsdl.jar;C:\jdeveloper\webservices\lib\orawsrm.jar;C:\jdeveloper\webservices\lib\jaxr_api.jar;C:\jdeveloper\webservices\lib\orajaxr.jar;C:\jdeveloper\webservices\lib\relaxngDatatype.jar;C:\jdeveloper\webservices\lib\jaxb-impl.jar;C:\jdeveloper\webservices\lib\jaxb-libs.jar;C:\jdeveloper\webservices\lib\xsdlib.jar;C:\jdeveloper\webservices\lib\mdds.jar;C:\jdeveloper\jlib\jaxen.jar;C:\jdeveloper\jlib\oraclepki.jar;C:\jdeveloper\jlib\ojpse.jar;C:\jdeveloper\jlib\osdt_core.jar;C:\jdeveloper\jlib\osdt_cert.jar;C:\jdeveloper\jlib\osdt_xmlsec.jar;C:\jdeveloper\jlib\osdt_wss.jar;C:\jdeveloper\jlib\osdt_saml.jar;C:\jdeveloper\jlib\repository.jar;C:\jdeveloper\jlib\ojmisc.jar;C:\jdeveloper\j2ee\home\lib\http_client.jar;C:\jdeveloper\j2ee\home\jazncore.jar;C:\jdeveloper\j2ee\home\oc4jclient.jar;C:\jdeveloper\rdbms\jlib\xdb.jar;C:\jdeveloper\diagnostics\lib\ojdl2.jar;C:\jdeveloper\jakarta-taglibs\commons-logging-1.0.3\commons-logging-api.jar;C:\jdeveloper\jakarta-taglibs\commons-logging-1.0.3\commons-logging.jar;C:\jdeveloper\BC4J\lib\adfshare.jar;C:\jdeveloper\BC4J\lib\adfm.jar;C:\jdeveloper\BC4J\lib\collections.jar;C:\jdeveloper\BC4J\jlib\adfui.jar;C:\jdeveloper\BC4J\lib\adfbinding.jar;C:\jdeveloper\BC4J\jlib\adfmtl.jar model.proxy.CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_PortClient
calling http://webapp/PSIGW/PeopleSoftServiceListeningConnector
expected element is missing: SMOKER_DT
     at model.proxy.types.com.oracle.xmlns.enterprise.tools.schemas.m355439.runtime.PERS_SMOKERTypeShape_LiteralSerializer.doDeserialize(PERS_SMOKERTypeShape_LiteralSerializer.java:86)
     at oracle.j2ee.ws.common.encoding.literal.LiteralObjectSerializerBase.internalDeserialize(LiteralObjectSerializerBase.java:250)
     at oracle.j2ee.ws.common.encoding.literal.LiteralObjectSerializerBase.deserialize(LiteralObjectSerializerBase.java:159)
     at model.proxy.types.com.oracle.xmlns.enterprise.tools.schemas.m355439.runtime.Get__CompIntfc__RCUH_PERSONAL_DATAResponseTypeShape_LiteralSerializer.doDeserialize(Get__CompIntfc__RCUH_PERSONAL_DATAResponseTypeShape_LiteralSerializer.java:1105)
     at oracle.j2ee.ws.common.encoding.literal.LiteralObjectSerializerBase.internalDeserialize(LiteralObjectSerializerBase.java:250)
     at oracle.j2ee.ws.common.encoding.literal.LiteralObjectSerializerBase.deserialize(LiteralObjectSerializerBase.java:159)
     at model.proxy.runtime.CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_Binding_Stub._deserialize_CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_G(CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_Binding_Stub.java:133)
     at model.proxy.runtime.CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_Binding_Stub._readFirstBodyElement(CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_Binding_Stub.java:119)
     at oracle.j2ee.ws.client.StreamingSender._sendImpl(StreamingSender.java:333)
     at oracle.j2ee.ws.client.StreamingSender._send(StreamingSender.java:112)
     at model.proxy.runtime.CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_Binding_Stub.CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_G(CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_Binding_Stub.java:76)
     at model.proxy.CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_PortClient.CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_G(CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_PortClient.java:65)
     at model.proxy.CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_PortClient.main(CI_RCUH_PERSONAL_DATA_PortClient.java:47)
Process exited with exit code 0.
Appreciate the help
Mohamed

Answer 1

Hi Pete, the fact that IE cant display it is nither here nor there, thast just a test I suppose to see if
the XML file is valid. After I put the file through
the method of wipping the bad chars, IE can display it
no problem. Since you haven't posted any bad chars, we can't know whether or not that is a problem. If no encoding is given, IE may well assume Cp1252 rather than UTF-8. Alternatively, your bad chars may actually be bad chars-ie you are not producing valid UTF-8. Either way you end up with no capability to parse the stream.
But ,even still that IE can display the XML file with no complaint, my java app still
complains that the root element is missing. Then there's probably something else wrong.
Do my parser always and only read in encoding="UTF-8", or can they swap between styles depening on how the XML
file is delcared in the very first tag.All XML processors MUST accept the UTF-8 and UTF-16 encodings of Unicode 3.1. If nothing is present, then it should assume UTF-8, otherwise if the stated encoding is supported then it uses that.
Even if it doesnt start with BOM would you sudgest I take out the first line and replace it with what you
said "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8">". The clients know they should be making there doc with
UTF-8, and if its anything else then its tuff titty. It should eliminate one possible bug- that the parser is not treating the charactier data as UTF-8, even though it should (assuming there are no mime-headers that give a different character encoding).
Post a hex dump with the bad chars and with the first few lines of your file, so we can actually see what the data is.
Pete