Help - cannot access web service outside web proxy

Question

I'm trying to access a public web service - and web proxy stops me from doing it.
Here is my code:
package test;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import javax.xml.rpc.ServiceException;
import net.webservicex.www.WeatherForecastLocator;
import net.webservicex.www.WeatherForecastSoap;
import net.webservicex.www.WeatherForecastSoapStub;
import net.webservicex.www.WeatherForecasts;
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
public class TestOutput {
public static void main(String[] args) {
  initialiseConfiguration();
  printForecast();
public static void initialiseConfiguration() {
  System.setProperty("http.proxySet", "true");
  System.setProperty("http.proxyHost", "proxyserver");
  System.setProperty("http.proxyPort", "8080");
  System.setProperty("http.proxyUser", "userid");
  System.setProperty("http.proxyPassword", "password");
public static void printForecast() {
  try {
   WeatherForecastLocator wfl = new WeatherForecastLocator();
   WeatherForecastSoap wfs = wfl.getWeatherForecastSoap();
   WeatherForecasts forecasts = wfs.GetWeatherByZipCode("90210");
  } catch (Exception e) {
   e.printStackTrace();
}Here, I was using the test web service located in www.webservicex.net/WeatherForecast.asmx
I've created stubs using Eclipse (package net.webservicex.www) in another project, compiled into a jar, and imported into the test project.
The test is working beautifully from my home. It's failing in the office with the error:
AxisFault
faultCode: {http://xml.apache.org/axis/}HTTP
faultSubcode:
faultString: (407)Proxy Authentication Required ( The ISA Server requires authorization to fulfill the request. Access to the Web Proxy service is denied. )
faultActor:
faultNode:
faultDetail:
{}:return code: 407
It's failing when it's trying to execute
WeatherForecasts forecasts = wfs.GetWeatherByZipCode("90210");
The "initialiseConfiguration" function is doing its job OK - it's actually helping me to go through the proxy - if I'm doing simple stuff like accessing internet sites. I've tested it - I can get to any external site and read from it. The moment I disable "initialiseConfiguration", I can't get through the proxy.
So, probably, the problem lies in the web services client classes generated by Eclipse and based on axis. Maybe, the code gets through the proxy, but then starts to do something without authentication??? (I'm not sure if it's possible at all, but who knows...)
I've read a lot of postings on this subject and couldn't find a solution that would work for me. I'm very surprised, because my situation is very common - there are more and more public web services, and most organisations have firewalls. Obviously, I'm making some very elementary mistake.
Please help

Answer 1

We have the same problem, not with SOAP but with XML-RPC (err 407). We're still stumped, and i agree that the problem should be common, but i don't see the mistake, so it's not that obvious.
Hypothesis: the proxy is spying on the requests content , and filtering out xml. Can you check that ?
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idiallo