Hi,
I have hosted one service in Ofbiz as webservices, <service name="updateScanResult" export="true" auth="false" engine="soap" location="http://localhost:8080/webtools/control/SOAPService" invoke="updateScanResult"> <description>add the scan details to the database</description> <attribute name="scanResult" type="String" mode="IN" optional="false"/> <attribute name="response" type="String" mode="OUT" optional="true"/> </service> And I am calling this service through a standalone class public static void main(String str[]) { String output=null; String endpoint,inputParam, username, password; inputParam= "orderId"; try{ endpoint = "http://localhost:8080/webtools/control/SOAPService"; username="admin"; password="ofbiz"; Call call = (Call) new Service().createCall(); call.setTargetEndpointAddress(new URL (endpoint)); call.setOperationName(new javax.xml.namespace.QName("updateScanResult")); call.addParameter ("scanResult", org.apache.axis.Constants.XSD_STRING,javax.xml.rpc.ParameterMode.IN); call.setReturnType(org.apache.axis.Constants.XSD_STRING); Object response = call.invoke(new Object[]{inputParam}); output = (String) response; try{ System.out.println(output); } catch(Exception e){ e.printStackTrace(); } }catch(Exception e){ e.printStackTrace(); } } Not sure what wrong am doing, but there is no response from the service back to the calling client. However in the logs I am seeing that the SOAPEngine is invoked.. 2010-10-26 19:16:39,289 (http-0.0.0.0-8080-97) [ ContextFilter.java:193:INFO ] [Request]: /webtools/control/SOAPService 2010-10-26 19:16:39,289 (http-0.0.0.0-8080-97) [ ControlServlet.java:131:INFO ] [[[SOAPService] Request Begun, encoding=[utf-8]- total:0.0,since last(Begin):0.0]] 2010-10-26 19:16:39,289 (http-0.0.0.0-8080-97) [ VisitHandler.java:221:INFO ] Found visitorId [null] in cookie 2010-10-26 19:16:39,414 (http-0.0.0.0-8080-97) [ SOAPClientEngine.java:104:INFO ] [SOAPClientEngine.invoke] : Parameter length - 4 2010-10-26 19:16:39,429 (http-0.0.0.0-8080-97) [ SOAPClientEngine.java:119:INFO ] [SOAPClientEngine.invoke} : Parameter: scanResult (IN) - 0 2010-10-26 19:16:39,429 (http-0.0.0.0-8080-97) [ SOAPClientEngine.java:119:INFO ] [SOAPClientEngine.invoke} : Parameter: userLogin (INOUT) - 1 2010-10-26 19:16:39,429 (http-0.0.0.0-8080-97) [ SOAPClientEngine.java:119:INFO ] [SOAPClientEngine.invoke} : Parameter: locale (INOUT) - 2 2010-10-26 19:16:39,429 (http-0.0.0.0-8080-97) [ SOAPClientEngine.java:119:INFO ] [SOAPClientEngine.invoke} : Parameter: timeZone (INOUT) - 3 2010-10-26 19:16:39,429 (http-0.0.0.0-8080-97) [ SOAPClientEngine.java:136:INFO ] [SOAPClientEngine.invoke] : Sending Call To SOAP Server 2010-10-26 19:16:39,570 (http-0.0.0.0-8080-98) [ControlEventListener.java:63 :INFO ] Creating session: 000E9158D77B97A81E928B0AB38B211F.jvm1 2010-10-26 19:16:39,570 (http-0.0.0.0-8080-98) [ ContextFilter.java:193:INFO ] [Request]: /webtools/control/SOAPService 2010-10-26 19:16:39,570 (http-0.0.0.0-8080-98) [ ControlServlet.java:131:INFO ] [[[SOAPService] Request Begun, encoding=[utf-8]- total:0.0,since last(Begin):0.0]] 2010-10-26 19:16:39,570 (http-0.0.0.0-8080-98) [ VisitHandler.java:221:INFO ] Found visitorId [null] in cookie 2010-10-26 19:16:40,211 (Dispatcher-Thread-1) [ ?:? :INFO ] Discarded 2 messages due to full event buffer including: [Request]: /webtools/control/SOAPService 2010-10-26 19:16:40,211 (Dispatcher-Thread-1) [ ?:? :INFO ] Discarded 18 messages due to full event buffer including: [SOAPClientEngine.invoke] : Parameter length - 4 2010-10-26 19:16:40,211 (Dispatcher-Thread-1) [ ?:? :INFO ] Discarded 2 messages due to full event buffer including: Found visitorId [null] in cookie 2010-10-26 19:16:40,211 (Dispatcher-Thread-1) [ ?:? :INFO ] Discarded 2 messages due to full event buffer including: Creating session: CD55E84B19E7258E0E850B0A1499009C.jvm1 2010-10-26 19:16:40,211 (Dispatcher-Thread-1) [ ?:? :INFO ] Discarded 2 messages due to full event buffer including: [[[SOAPService] Request Begun, encoding=[utf-8]- total:0.0,since last(Begin):0.0]] 2010-10-26 19:20:27,063 (default-invoker-Thread-10) [ JobInvoker.java:231:INFO ] Invoker [default-invoker-Thread-10] received job [Auto-create Fixed Asset Maintenances] from poller [org.ofbiz.service.job.jobpol...@757fad] 2010-10-26 19:20:27,063 (default-invoker-Thread-8) [ JobInvoker.java:231:INFO ] Invoker [default-invoker-Thread-8] received job [Send Email] from poller [org.ofbiz.service.job.jobpol...@757fad] 2010-10-26 19:20:27,063 (default-invoker-Thread-7) [ JobInvoker.java:231:INFO ] Invoker [default-invoker-Thread-7] received job [Send Email] from poller [org.ofbiz.service.job.jobpol...@757fad] 2010-10-26 19:20:27,079 (default-invoker-Thread-11) [ JobInvoker.java:231:INFO ] Invoker [default-invoker-Thread-11] received job [Auto-create Fixed Asset Maintenances] from poller [org.ofbiz.service.job.jobpol...@757fad] 2010-10-26 19:20:27,079 (default-invoker-Thread-9) [ JobInvoker.java:231:INFO ] Invoker [default-invoker-Thread-9] received job [Auto-create Fixed Asset Maintenances] from poller [org.ofbiz.service.job.jobpol...@757fad] 2010-10-26 19:20:27,141 (default-invoker-Thread-9) [PersistedServiceJob.java:176:INFO ] org.ofbiz.service.job.persistedservice...@134d2bf[20304] -- Next runtime: Tue Oct 26 19:25:27 IST 2010 2010-10-26 19:20:27,141 (default-invoker-Thread-11) [PersistedServiceJob.java:176:INFO ] org.ofbiz.service.job.persistedservice...@f7fa37[20303] -- Next runtime: Tue Oct 26 19:25:27 IST 2010 2010-10-26 19:20:27,141 (default-invoker-Thread-10) [PersistedServiceJob.java:176:INFO ] org.ofbiz.service.job.persistedservice...@95ec91[20302] -- Next runtime: Tue Oct 26 19:25:27 IST 2010 2010-10-26 19:20:27,173 (default-invoker-Thread-7) [PersistedServiceJob.java:176:INFO ] org.ofbiz.service.job.persistedservice...@1290d3[20300] -- Next runtime: Tue Oct 26 19:25:27 IST 2010 2010-10-26 19:20:27,173 (default-invoker-Thread-8) [PersistedServiceJob.java:176:INFO ] org.ofbiz.service.job.persistedservice...@c18933[20301] -- Next runtime: Tue Oct 26 19:25:27 IST 2010 2010-10-26 19:20:28,001 (Dispatcher-Thread-1) [ ?:? :INFO ] Discarded 8 messages due to full event buffer including: Sync service [JobDispatcher/sendEmailDated] finished in [313] milliseconds 2010-10-26 19:20:28,001 (Dispatcher-Thread-1) [ ?:? :INFO ] Discarded 3 messages due to full event buffer including: [CommonPermissionServices.xml#genericBasePermissionCheck] Checking for primary permission ACCOUNTING_CREATE Thanks & Regards, Deepa ============================================================================================================================Disclaimer: This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and confidential and subject to the Tech Mahindra policy statement, you may review the policy at <a href="http://www.techmahindra.com/Disclaimer.html">http://www.techmahindra.com/Disclaimer.html</a> externally and <a href="http://tim.techmahindra.com/Disclaimer.html">http://tim.techmahindra.com/Disclaimer.html</a> internally within Tech Mahindra.============================================================================================================================