Soapenv:Server.userExceptionjava.lang.NullPointerException

Question

Hello all,
I have installed tomcat 5.0 for Jwsdp and jwsdp-1.6.
AXIS package was also installed in tomcat 5.0 directory as instructed as well as the applicable version, J2sdk 1.4.2_08, of Java.
I am currently following the Axis Installation Instructions located in the following link,
http://ws.apache.org/axis/java/install.html
Step 4 calls out to test start page and happyaxis page and they both works fine as I can display the pages and see all the needed and optional libraries except one optional library, security which is not relevant to the problem I encountered I believe.
I am also able to display the View the list of deployed Web Services pages as specified. However, subsequent test, calling the getVersion method from the version endpoint, using http://localhost:8080/axis/services/Version?method=getVersion returns the following error message,
soapenv:Server.userExceptionjava.lang.NullPointerException
Note: I did started tomcat!! Alternative port and name for the axis folder I used were properly reflected in the address.
The similar problem exhibited testing the JWS Endpoint using the address,
http://localhost:8080/axis/EchoHeaders.jws?method=list. Following error was posted.
soapenv:Server.userExceptionjava.lang.NullPointerException
I am desperately looking for some help. Any feedback is appreciated.
Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Thanks for your comment, swatdba.
I did copy them into the tomcat lib directory and even specified them on AXISCLASSPATH, but no luck.
It is apparent that the tomcat and AXIS works fine until I try to work with Web Services.
Do you have any other suggestions??