OIM 11G, DSML integration failing with null pointer exception

Question

Hi,
we are facing the similar probelm while sending a request from TIBCO BW to OIM 11G (Which is weblogic)
The below request from TIBCO is not working and thowing a NULL POINTER EXCEPTION
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<SOAP-ENV:Header>
<ns:OIMUser xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/OIM/provisioning" xmlns:ns0="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<ns:OIMUserId>xelsysadm</ns:OIMUserId>
<ns:OIMUserPassword>Welcome123</ns:OIMUserPassword>
</ns:OIMUser>
</SOAP-ENV:Header>
<SOAP-ENV:Body>
<ns0:processRequest xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ns0="http://xmlns.oracle.com/OIM/provisioning">
<sOAPElement xmlns="">
<ns:modifyRequest xmlns:ns="urn:oasis:names:tc:SPML:2:0" xmlns:ns0="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" returnData="data">
<ns:psoID ID="Users:21"/>
<ns:modification name="Users.User ID" operation="add">
<ns:value>Richard1</ns:value>
</ns:modification>
</ns:modifyRequest>
</sOAPElement>
</ns0:processRequest>
</SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
But if we change the <sOAPElement xmlns=""> to <sOAPElement> (removing the empty namespace) we can able to fire this soap.
Could you please let me know are there any patch, workaround for this issue.
Thanks
Madhu

Answer 1

I don't think OIM 11g supports DSML profile and may be that's the reason you are getting NPE.
See: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E14571_01/doc.1111/e14309/spmlapi.htm#CHDCBJAI
It states:
"SPML has two profiles: the XSD profile and the DSML profile. This release of Oracle Identity Manager makes use of the XSD profile."