I started with a WSDL file, ran WSDL2Java to generate both client & server sources. I successfully deployed the web service with stubbed methods. I'm running the TCPMonitor and request & response look fine as far as I can tell. But the client blows up with an exception from SimpleDeserializer.
The type returned by my (RPC-style) web service call is vehicleType: <types> <xsd:schema targetNamespace="http://manheim.com/simulcast/vehicle"> <xsd:simpleType name="numericString"> <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string"> <xsd:pattern value="[0-9]+"/> </xsd:restriction> </xsd:simpleType> <xsd:complexType name="vehicleOption"> <xsd:sequence> <xsd:element name="name" type="xsd:string"/> <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string"/> </xsd:sequence> </xsd:complexType> <xsd:complexType name="vehicleType"> <xsd:sequence> <xsd:element name="id" type="xsd:string"/> <!-- VIN or other id --> <xsd:element name="make" type="xsd:string"/> <xsd:element name="model" type="xsd:string"/> <xsd:element name="year" type="ms:numericString"/> <xsd:element name="odometer" type="ms:numericString"/> <xsd:element name="extColor" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <xsd:element name="intColor" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <xsd:element name="bodyStyle" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <xsd:element name="engine" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <xsd:element name="fuel" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <xsd:element name="transmission" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <!-- all additional options as name/value pairs --> <xsd:element name="option" type="ms:vehicleOption" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> </xsd:sequence> </xsd:complexType> </xsd:schema> </types> The response looks like the following. I was wondering about the 'xmlns=""' on vehicle: <soapenv:Body> <GetResponse xmlns="http://manheim.com/simulcast/vehicle"> <vehicle xmlns=""> <id>VIN</id> <make>Audi</make> <model>S4 Quattro</model> <year>2001</year> <odometer>012345</odometer> <extColor>Black</extColor> <intColor>Tan</intColor> <transmission>5-speed</transmission> </vehicle> </GetResponse> </soapenv:Body> And the exception is: org.xml.sax.SAXException: SimpleDeserializer encountered a child element, which is NOT expected, in something it was trying to deserialize. at org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.SimpleDeserializer.onStartChild(SimpleDe serializer.java:189) at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContextImpl.startElement(Dese rializationContextImpl.java:963) at org.apache.axis.message.SAX2EventRecorder.replay(SAX2EventRecorder.ja va:198) at org.apache.axis.message.MessageElement.publishToHandler(MessageElemen t.java:722) at org.apache.axis.message.RPCElement.deserialize(RPCElement.java:233) at org.apache.axis.message.RPCElement.getParams(RPCElement.java:347) at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2272) at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2171) at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1691) at com.manheim.simulcast.vehicle.TestClient.main(TestClient.java:98) Any help would be greatly appreciated, Russ