Colm I resolved the namespace issue and also the unmarshell issues by adding the line to package-info.java
@javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlSchema(namespace = "xxx", elementFormDefault = javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlNsForm.QUALIFIED) now out and in messages are error free however the out message has <ClaimsXML><claim></claim></ClaimsXML> I need to get rid of < and >basically doing a ert.setIEPDPayload("<cicjis-su></cicjis-su>"); results in above Any ideas on how how to get the <ClaimsXML><claim></claim></ClaimsXML> to <ClaimsXML><claim></claim></ClaimsXML> -- View this message in context: http://cxf.547215.n5.nabble.com/CXF-2-4-1-Client-is-giving-the-signature-or-decryption-was-invalid-tp4507027p4521909.html Sent from the cxf-user mailing list archive at Nabble.com.