WSDL nullPointerException

Question

Hi All,
I have a problem with some wsdl files.
Situation:
1. BEA Server 9.0
2. Starting point for web service is WSDL file.
3. WSDL file imports XSD schema type definitions!
4. Web service generated with Bea 9 Ant tasks "wsdlc" and "jwsc".
5. Service generation, deployment and test OK.
However, if the WSDL file is requested online from the service
e.g. "http://host/service/AService.jws?WSDL"
the WSDL file does not contain directly the XSD schema type definitions but still import statements like
<xs:import namespace="http://anamespace"
schemaLocation="AService.jws?WSDL/sub/in/ATypeIn.xsd" />
When I try to generate a Service Control with Weblogic Workshop 8.1.4 I receive a NullPointerException at line 0 column 0.
Question:
1. Is this a bug? or
2. Is it possible to configure the Server (or web service generation Ant task or ...) in such a way that the web service response with a WSDL file that contains directly all XSD schema type definitions?
Your help is very much appreciated.
Regards,
Cord

Answer 1

Hi guys,
I had the same problem and what I had to do was import the Schema project that holds all schemas included in the WSDL that I was trying to generate a control from. In my case I had the Schema project because I was the one that developed the WebService too, in your case it's possible that you have to create an Schema project and somehow extract the schemas from de WSDL and create .xsd files to put in the project.
After doing this you will see the popup window (when you try to generate a service control from the WSDL file) asking if you want to use the XMLBeans generated from the xsd files in your Schema project otherwise it will generate inner classes based in the WSDL's schemas, you must choose YES (use the existing XMLBeans) and that should be it for creating a Service Control based on a WSDL file.
Hope this helps in most cases.
Regards,
Israel Williams
Software Architect
JWM Solutions
[email protected]