Weblogic throws NullPointerException when using ServiceControl.setTimeout

Question

We are invoking a SOAP service via a com.bea.control.ServiceControl that was generated from a WSDL (right click WSDL, Generate Service Control) using Weblogic 8.1.6.
SOAP service execution is successful using an http and https endpoint. However, when setting a timeout via ServiceControl.setTimeout(int millisecods) method, the Weblogic API is throwing a NullPointerException when using an https endpoint. When using an http endpoint with the setTimeout method execution is successful.
DEBUG com.bea.wlw.runtime.jws.call.SoapHttpCall [ExecuteThread: '10' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default']: opening connection to https://[... edit removed ...]
DEBUG com.bea.wlw.runtime.jws.call.SoapHttpCall [ExecuteThread: '10' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default']: Response generation exception
Throwable: java.lang.NullPointerException
Stack Trace:
java.lang.NullPointerException
     at weblogic.net.http.HttpsClient.openWrappedSSLSocket(HttpsClient.java:455)
     at weblogic.net.http.HttpsClient.openServer(HttpsClient.java:235)
     at weblogic.net.http.HttpsClient.openServer(HttpsClient.java:389)
     at weblogic.net.http.HttpsClient.<init>(HttpsClient.java:209)
     at weblogic.net.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:228)
     at weblogic.net.http.HttpsURLConnection.getHttpClient(HttpsURLConnection.java:246)
     at weblogic.net.http.HttpsURLConnection.connect(HttpsURLConnection.java:217)
     at weblogic.net.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:189)
     at com.bea.wlw.runtime.jws.call.SoapHttpCall.invoke(SoapHttpCall.java:179)
     at com.bea.wlw.runtime.jws.call.SoapHttpCall.invoke(SoapHttpCall.java:80)
     at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.control.ServiceControlImpl.invoke(ServiceControlImpl.jcs:1288)
     at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.control.ServiceControlImpl.invoke(ServiceControlImpl.jcs:1155)
     at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.dispatcher.DispMethod.invoke(DispMethod.java:377)
     at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.container.Invocable.invoke(Invocable.java:433)
     at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.container.Invocable.invoke(Invocable.java:406)
     at com.bea.wlw.runtime.jcs.container.JcsProxy.invoke(JcsProxy.java:388)
DEBUG com.bea.wlw.runtime.jws.call.SoapFault [ExecuteThread: '10' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default']: SoapFault exception throwable e
DEBUG com.bea.wlw.runtime.jws.call.SoapHttpCall [ExecuteThread: '10' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default']: response code=0, responseMsg=null
DEBUG com.bea.wlw.runtime.jws.call.SoapHttpCall [ExecuteThread: '10' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default']: closed connection to https://[... edit removed ...]
WARN WLW.INVOKE.[... edit removed ...] [ExecuteThread: '10' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default']: Id=[... edit removed id ...] Method=[... edit removed method ...]; Failure=com.bea.control.ServiceControlException: SERVICE FAULT:
Code:java.lang.NullPointerException
String:null
Detail:
END SERVICE FAULT
ERROR [... edit removed ...]
[ExecuteThread: '10' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default']: ServiceControlException
com.bea.control.ServiceControlException: SERVICE FAULT:
Code:java.lang.NullPointerException
String:null
Detail:
END SERVICE FAULT
     at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.control.ServiceControlImpl.invoke(ServiceControlImpl.jcs:1268)
     at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.dispatcher.DispMethod.invoke(DispMethod.java:377)
     at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.container.Invocable.invoke(Invocable.java:433)
     at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.container.Invocable.invoke(Invocable.java:406)
     at com.bea.wlw.runtime.jcs.container.JcsProxy.invoke(JcsProxy.java:388)

Answer 1

Thanks for the suggestion. But with -DUseSunHttpHandler=true the Weblogic API is throwing a ClassCastException with or without the timeout value set.
Failure=com.bea.control.ServiceControlException: SERVICE FAULT:
Code:java.lang.ClassCastException
String:null
Detail:
END SERVICE FAULT
ERROR: ServiceControlException
com.bea.control.ServiceControlException: SERVICE FAULT:
Code:java.lang.ClassCastException
String:null
Detail:
END SERVICE FAULT
     at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.control.ServiceControlImpl.invoke(ServiceControlImpl.jcs:1268)
     at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.dispatcher.DispMethod.invoke(DispMethod.java:377)
     at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.container.Invocable.invoke(Invocable.java:433)
     at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.container.Invocable.invoke(Invocable.java:406)
     at com.bea.wlw.runtime.jcs.container.JcsProxy.invoke(JcsProxy.java:388)