I've googled this error message, but all the results seem to apply to bugs in the CXF samples. I'm using the message provider technique for handling incoming SOAP messages and continually receive this exception:
Nov 1, 2007 10:59:36 AM org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain doIntercept INFO: Interceptor has thrown exception, unwinding now org.apache.cxf.interceptor.Fault: Null object passed into Dispatch marshalling at org.apache.cxf.jaxws.interceptors.DispatchOutDatabindingInterceptor.handleMessage(DispatchOutDatabindingInterceptor.java:94) at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:207) at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.OutgoingChainInterceptor.handleMessage(OutgoingChainInterceptor.java:74) at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:207) at org.apache.cxf.transport.ChainInitiationObserver.onMessage(ChainInitiationObserver.java:73) at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletDestination.doMessage(ServletDestination.java:79) at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletController.invokeDestination(ServletController.java:235) at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletController.invoke(ServletController.java:140) at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.CXFServlet.invoke(CXFServlet.java:278) at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.CXFServlet.doPost(CXFServlet.java:256) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:616) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:689) at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:428) at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler.dispatch(WebApplicationHandler.java:473) at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:568) at org.mortbay.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1530) at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationContext.handle(WebApplicationContext.java:633) at org.mortbay.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1482) at org.mortbay.http.HttpServer.service(HttpServer.java:909) at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.service(HttpConnection.java:820) at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handleNext(HttpConnection.java:986) at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:837) at org.mortbay.http.SocketListener.handleConnection(SocketListener.java:245) at org.mortbay.util.ThreadedServer.handle(ThreadedServer.java:357) at org.mortbay.util.ThreadPool$PoolThread.run(ThreadPool.java:534) It never reaches my code, so I assume this is either a bug in CXF or an incorrect configuration on my part. Any ideas?