the wsdl you were using was not well-formed and supported rpc instead of document-literal style here is a corrected version
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <definitions xmlns:typens="urn:Company" xmlns:xsd=" http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap=" http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/" xmlns:soapenc=" http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:wsdl=" http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" name="Company" targetNamespace="urn:Company"> <message name="call"> <part name="sessionId" type="xsd:string"/> <part name="resourcePath" type="xsd:string"/> <part name="args" type="xsd:anyType"/> </message> <message name="callResponse"> <part name="callReturn" type="xsd:anyType"/> </message> <message name="login"> <part name="username" type="xsd:string"/> <part name="apiKey" type="xsd:string"/> </message> <message name="loginResponse"> <part name="loginReturn" type="xsd:string"/> </message> <portType name="Comp_Api_Model_Server_HandlerPortType"> <operation name="call"> <documentation>Call api functionality</documentation> <input message="typens:call"/> <output message="typens:callResponse"/> </operation> <operation name="login"> <documentation>Login user and retrive session id</documentation> <input message="typens:login"/> <output message="typens:loginResponse"/> </operation> </portType> <binding name="Comp_Api_Model_Server_HandlerBinding" type="typens:Comp_Api_Model_Server_HandlerPortType"> <soap:binding transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http" style="document" /> <!-- I have no idea what this is used for --> <!-- soap:binding style="document" transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/<http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http%22/ --> <operation name="call"> <soap:operation soapAction="urn:Comp_Api_Model_Server_HandlerAction"/> <input> <soap:body encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" namespace="http://types.echo.services" use="literal"/> <!-- I have no idea what this used for --> <!-- soap:body namespace="urn:Company" use="encoded" encodingStyle=" http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"/<http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/%22/>> --> </input> <output> <soap:body namespace="urn:Company" use="encoded" encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" /> <!--no idea what this used for --> <!-- soap:body namespace="urn:Company" use="encoded" encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"/<http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/%22/>> --> </output> </operation> <operation name="login"> <soap:operation soapAction="urn:Comp_Api_Model_Server_HandlerAction"/> <input> <soap:body namespace="urn:Company" encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" use="literal"/> <!-- i have no idea what this is used for --> <!-- soap:body namespace="urn:Company" use="encoded" encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"/<http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/%22/>> --> </input> <output> <soap:body namespace="urn:Company" encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" use="literal"/> <!-- I have no idea what this is used for --> </output> </operation> </binding> <service name="CompanyService"> <port name="Comp_Api_Model_Server_HandlerPort" binding="typens:Comp_Api_Model_Server_HandlerBinding"> <soap:address location="http://localhost/Company/index.php/api/index/index/" /> </port> </service> </definitions> HTH Martin ______________________________________________ Disclaimer and confidentiality note Everything in this e-mail and any attachments relates to the official business of Sender. This transmission is of a confidential nature and Sender does not endorse distribution to any party other than intended recipient. Sender does not necessarily endorse content contained within this transmission. > Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 16:53:39 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: axis-user@ws.apache.org > Subject: Re: Altering WSDL to match the expected SOAP > > > Hi, the standard practice for a web service client is to obtain the WSDL from > the service provider and generate the stub from it. Editing the WSDL on the > client side is problematic and causes errors. > > > > thusa gihan wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm writing a client with Axis 1.4 to a web service, but the generated > > SOAP > > request is not matching with the one expected by the web service. > > > > Could you please help me to edit the WSDL file (saved into my local disk > > from the server) so that I can generate the stubs to build the expected > > SOAP > > requests. I have posted the WSDL, currently generated SOAP request and the > > expected SOAP request below. > > > > If WSDL editing is not the way to get this done, please suggest me some > > other way. I'm really stuck here. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Thusa. > > > > > > > > This is the avaialble WSDL file. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > <definitions xmlns:typens="urn:Company" xmlns:xsd=" > > http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap=" > > http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/" xmlns:soapenc=" > > http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:wsdl=" > > http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" > > name="Company" targetNamespace="urn:Company"> > > <message name="call"> > > <part name="sessionId" type="xsd:string"/> > > <part name="resourcePath" type="xsd:string"/> > > <part name="args" type="xsd:anyType"/> > > </message> > > <message name="callResponse"> > > <part name="callReturn" type="xsd:anyType"/> > > </message> > > <message name="login"> > > <part name="username" type="xsd:string"/> > > <part name="apiKey" type="xsd:string"/> > > </message> > > <message name="loginResponse"> > > <part name="loginReturn" type="xsd:string"/> > > </message> > > > > <portType name="Comp_Api_Model_Server_HandlerPortType"> > > <operation name="call"> > > <documentation>Call api functionality</documentation> > > <input message="typens:call"/> > > <output message="typens:callResponse"/> > > </operation> > > <operation name="login"> > > <documentation>Login user and retrive session id</documentation> > > <input message="typens:login"/> > > <output message="typens:loginResponse"/> > > </operation> > > </portType> > > > > <binding name="Comp_Api_Model_Server_HandlerBinding" > > type="typens:Comp_Api_Model_Server_HandlerPortType"> > > <soap:binding style="rpc" transport=" > > http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/<http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http%22/> > >> > > <operation name="call"> > > <soap:operation > > soapAction="urn:Comp_Api_Model_Server_HandlerAction"/> > > <input> > > <soap:body namespace="urn:Company" use="encoded" encodingStyle=" > > http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"/<http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/%22/> > >> > > </input> > > <output> > > <soap:body namespace="urn:Company" use="encoded" encodingStyle=" > > http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"/<http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/%22/> > >> > > </output> > > </operation> > > <operation name="login"> > > <soap:operation > > soapAction="urn:Comp_Api_Model_Server_HandlerAction"/> > > <input> > > <soap:body namespace="urn:Company" use="encoded" encodingStyle=" > > http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"/<http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/%22/> > >> > > </input> > > <output> > > <soap:body namespace="urn:Company" use="encoded" encodingStyle=" > > http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"/<http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/%22/> > >> > > </output> > > </operation> > > </binding> > > <service name="CompanyService"> > > <port name="Comp_Api_Model_Server_HandlerPort" > > binding="typens:Comp_Api_Model_Server_HandlerBinding"> > > <soap:address location=" > > http://localhost/Company/index.php/api/index/index/"/<http://localhost/Company/index.php/api/index/index/%22/> > >> > > </port> > > </service> > > </definitions> > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Currently generated SOAP request is as follows. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv=" > > http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd=" > > http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi=" > > http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> > > <soapenv:Body> > > <ns1:call soapenv:encodingStyle=" > > http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:ns1="urn:Company"> > > <sessionId > > xsi:type="xsd:string">1vp029hcubiiven8cr1s21nke2</sessionId> > > <resourcePath > > xsi:type="xsd:string">customer.create</resourcePath> > > <args soapenc:arrayType="xsd:anyType[1]" > > xsi:type="soapenc:Array" xmlns:soapenc=" > > http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"> > > <args href="#id0"/> > > </args> > > </ns1:call> > > <multiRef id="id0" soapenc:root="0" soapenv:encodingStyle=" > > http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xsi:type="ns2:Map" > > xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:ns2=" > > http://xml.apache.org/xml-soap"> > > <item> > > <key xsi:type="soapenc:string">email</key> > > <value xsi:type="soapenc:string">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</value> > > </item> > > <item> > > <key xsi:type="soapenc:string">lastname</key> > > <value xsi:type="soapenc:string">myLastName</value> > > </item> > > <item> > > <key xsi:type="soapenc:string">firstname</key> > > <value xsi:type="soapenc:string">MyFirstName</value> > > </item> > > </multiRef> > > </soapenv:Body> > > </soapenv:Envelope> > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > But the server expects a SOAP request as follows. ( I found this SOAP > > request from one of their sample clients done with PHP). > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV=" > > http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ns1="urn:Company" > > xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi=" > > http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ns2=" > > http://xml.apache.org/xml-soap" xmlns:SOAP-ENC=" > > http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle=" > > http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"> > > <SOAP-ENV:Body> > > <ns1:call> > > <sessionId > > xsi:type="xsd:string">mj3kj5rr2df0b1fq5kmputmr54</sessionId> > > <resourcePath > > xsi:type="xsd:string">customer.create</resourcePath> > > <args SOAP-ENC:arrayType="ns2:Map[1]" > > xsi:type="SOAP-ENC:Array"> > > <item xsi:type="ns2:Map"> > > <item> > > <key xsi:type="xsd:string">firstname</key> > > <value xsi:type="xsd:string">myFirstName</value> > > </item> > > <item> > > <key xsi:type="xsd:string">lastname</key> > > <value xsi:type="xsd:string">myLastName</value> > > </item> > > <item> > > <key xsi:type="xsd:string">email</key> > > <value xsi:type="xsd:string">[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > </value> > > </item> > > </item> > > </args> > > </ns1:call> > > </SOAP-ENV:Body> > > </SOAP-ENV:Envelope> > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Altering-WSDL-to-match-the-expected-SOAP-tp19893021p19909571.html > Sent from the Axis - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ Get more out of the Web. 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