DO NOT REPLY [Bug 17235] New: - Axis 1.1 rc1 does not handle classes which have java.lang.Exception as an ancestor

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Axis 1.1 rc1 does not handle classes which have java.lang.Exception as an ancestor

           Summary: Axis 1.1 rc1 does not handle classes which have
                    java.lang.Exception as an ancestor
           Product: Axis
           Version: 1.1RC1
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Critical
          Priority: Other
         Component: WSDL processing
        AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
        ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


Axis 1.1 rc1 includes unwanted properties (cause, message, stackTrace) for
classes which have java.lang.Exception as an ancestor. Consider the following
two exception classes:

class ExceptionA extends Exception {
  public String getContent() { return "blah"; }
}

class ExceptionB extends ExceptionA {}

The relevant wsdl generated for these classes is:

<complexType name="ExceptionA">
  <sequence>
    <element name="content" nillable="true" type="xsd:string" />
  </sequence>
</complexType>


<complexType name="ExceptionB">
  <complexContent>
    <extension base="impl:ExceptionA">
      <sequence>
        <element name="cause" nillable="true" type="tns1:Throwable" /> 
        <element name="message" nillable="true" type="xsd:string" /> 
        <element name="stackTrace" nillable="true"
type="impl:ArrayOf_tns1_StackTraceElement" /> 
      </sequence>
    </extension>
  </complexContent>
</complexType>


The wsdl for ExceptionA is correct, since it has java.lang.Exception as its
parent. However, ExceptionB has unwanted properties inherited from
java.lang.Throwable. Furthermore, when ExceptionB is thrown from a web service
method, the following exceptions are generated:

01:36:42,326 ERROR [SOAPPart] Exception:
java.io.IOException: No serializer found for class java.lang.StackTraceElement
in registry org.apache.axis.encoding.TypeMappingImpl@24ea85
        at
org.apache.axis.encoding.SerializationContextImpl.serializeActual(SerializationContextImpl.java:1273)
        at
org.apache.axis.encoding.SerializationContextImpl.serialize(SerializationContextImpl.java:787)
        at
org.apache.axis.encoding.SerializationContextImpl.outputMultiRefs(SerializationContextImpl.java:858)
        at org.apache.axis.message.SOAPBody.outputImpl(SOAPBody.java:155)
        at org.apache.axis.message.SOAPEnvelope.outputImpl(SOAPEnvelope.java:413)
        at org.apache.axis.message.MessageElement.output(MessageElement.java:760)
        at org.apache.axis.AxisFault.output(AxisFault.java:680)
        at org.apache.axis.SOAPPart.writeTo(SOAPPart.java:259)
        at org.apache.axis.SOAPPart.getAsString(SOAPPart.java:468)
        at org.apache.axis.Message.getSOAPPartAsString(Message.java:365)
        at
org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet.invokeEndpointFromGet(AxisServlet.java:567)
        at
org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet.processMethodRequest(AxisServlet.java:466)
        at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet.doGet(AxisServlet.java:294)

        ...

01:36:42,336 ERROR [SOAPPart] Exception:
AxisFault
 faultCode: {http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/}Server.userException
 faultSubcode:
 faultString: ExceptionB
 faultActor:
 faultNode:
 faultDetail:

ExceptionB
        at org.apache.axis.AxisFault.makeFault(AxisFault.java:129)
        at org.apache.axis.providers.java.JavaProvider.invoke(JavaProvider.java:340)
        at
org.apache.axis.strategies.InvocationStrategy.visit(InvocationStrategy.java:71)
        at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.doVisiting(SimpleChain.java:150)
        at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.invoke(SimpleChain.java:120)
        at org.apache.axis.handlers.soap.SOAPService.invoke(SOAPService.java:473)
        at org.apache.axis.server.AxisServer.invoke(AxisServer.java:322)
        at
org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet.invokeEndpointFromGet(AxisServlet.java:544)
        at
org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet.processMethodRequest(AxisServlet.java:466)
        at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet.doGet(AxisServlet.java:294)
        ...


The problem appears to be happening because BeanUtils.getPropertyDescriptors()
uses java.lang.Exception as a stop class only if java.lang.Exception is the
parent of a given class.

The attached patch fixes the problem by modifying
BeanUtils.getPropertyDescriptors() to use java.lang.Throwable as the stop class
for all classes assignable from Throwable.