I have attempted to install Apache-Axis (xml-axis-beta1-rc1.zip) on a win32 platform running under Tomcat 4.0.2 (TC is working correctly). Following the supplied Axis docs to the letter ends up with me in the following situation :
When I view the Axis index page (http://localhost:8080/axis/index.html) I get : "Apache-AXIS - Hello! Welcome to Apache-Axis" But when I visit the Administration servlet (http://localhost:8080/axis/servlet/AdminServlet) I get the following Status 500 error : javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet execution threw an exception at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Application FilterChain.java:269) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterCh ain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.ja va:243) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 66) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.ja va:190) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 66) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2343) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 66) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve. java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 64) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:170 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 64) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:468) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 64) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java :174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 66) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.process(HttpProcessor.java: 1012) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.run(HttpProcessor.java:1107 ) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484) java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/rpc/namespace/QName at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AdminServlet.getEngine(Unknown Source) at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AdminServlet.doGet(Unknown Source) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:740) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Application FilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterCh ain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.ja va:243) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 66) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.ja va:190) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 66) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2343) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 66) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve. java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 64) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:170 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 64) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:468) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 64) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java :174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:5 66) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.process(HttpProcessor.java: 1012) at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.run(HttpProcessor.java:1107 ) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484) When I visit the AxisServlet (http://localhost:8080/axis/servlet/AxisServlet) I get the following status 503 message : "The requested service (Servlet AxisServlet is currently unavailable) is not currently available." The following is an outline of my current directory layout %TOMCAT_HOME%\webapps\axis\WEB-INF(dir) %TOMCAT_HOME%\webapps\axis\index.html %TOMCAT_HOME%\webapps\axis\StockQuoteService.jws %TOMCAT_HOME%\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\classes(dir) %TOMCAT_HOME%\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\lib(dir) %TOMCAT_HOME%\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\perms.lst %TOMCAT_HOME%\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\users.lst %TOMCAT_HOME%\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\web.xml %TOMCAT_HOME%\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\classes\samples(dir)(not listed) %TOMCAT_HOME%\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\lib\axis.jar %TOMCAT_HOME%\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\lib\commons-logging.jar %TOMCAT_HOME%\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\lib\excalibur-cli.jar %TOMCAT_HOME%\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\lib\jaxrpc.jar %TOMCAT_HOME%\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\lib\log4j-20020312.jar %TOMCAT_HOME%\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\lib\tt-bytecode.jar %TOMCAT_HOME%\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\lib\wsdl4j.jar %TOMCAT_HOME%\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\lib\xerces.jar (Xerces version 1.2.3 - Also tried 2.0.1) Any help on this would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance Regards Manuel Reyes Systems Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] EGTON MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS LTD "Privileged and/or Confidential Information may be contained in this message. 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