What could cause a null Endpoint?

[kringdahl]

I'm creating a new web service using JBoss 4.2.3.GA with the WS 3.0.5.GA CXF stack. The call is coming in correctly but I'm getting a NPE because of a null endpoint. The stack trace is below. I've dropped in to the debugger and verified what was already obvious that the endpoint was not being set. My question is what could cause this? Am I missing an import or maybe something else form the endpoint config? FWIW, this web service is configured via Spring. The service is bound correctly:

2009-01-20 17:10:17,461 INFO [org.apache.cxf.service.factory.ReflectionServiceFactoryBean] Creating Service {http://hostmanager.service.virtualizationmanager.desktone.com/}VMgrService from class com.desktone.virtualizationmanager.service.hostmanager.VMgrService
2009-01-20 17:10:22,843 INFO [org.apache.cxf.endpoint.ServerImpl] Setting the server's publish address to be /VMgrService

And if I hit the URL with a ?wsdl on the end , I do get my wsdl definition back. Here is the endpoint configuration in my application context file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<beans
 xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 xmlns:jaxws="http://cxf.apache.org/jaxws"
 xsi:schemaLocation="
 http://cxf.apache.org/jaxws
 http://cxf.apache.org/schemas/jaxws.xsd
 http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
 http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">

 <import resource="classpath:META-INF/cxf/cxf.xml" />
 <import resource="classpath:META-INF/cxf/cxf-extension-soap.xml" />
 <import resource="classpath:META-INF/cxf/cxf-servlet.xml" />

 <jaxws:endpoint id="VMgrService" address="/VMgrService" implementor="#vMgrServiceImpl">
 <jaxws:invoker>
 <bean class='org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.InvokerJSE' />
 </jaxws:invoker>
 </jaxws:endpoint>

</beans>

The referenced Spring bean "vMgrServiceImpl" is in another application context file

Here is the exception:

2009-01-20 17:16:26,256 INFO [org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain] Interceptor has thrown exception, unwinding now
java.lang.NullPointerException
 at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.AbstractInvoker.invoke(AbstractInvoker.java:98)
 at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor$1.run(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:56)
 at org.apache.cxf.workqueue.SynchronousExecutor.execute(SynchronousExecutor.java:37)
 at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor.handleMessage(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:92)
 at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:221)
 at org.apache.cxf.transport.ChainInitiationObserver.onMessage(ChainInitiationObserver.java:78)
 at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletDestination.invoke(ServletDestination.java:92)
 at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletController.invokeDestination(ServletController.java:214)
 at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletController.invoke(ServletController.java:151)
 at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractCXFServlet.invoke(AbstractCXFServlet.java:170)
 at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractCXFServlet.doPost(AbstractCXFServlet.java:148)
 at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:710)
 at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
 at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:96)
 at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:76)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:182)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:84)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
 at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:157)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
 at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:262)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)
 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:446)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

[kringdahl]

Also, as expected, a check in the jbossws services console also shows that the endpoint is not registered. This should be handled under the covers by the container, no? Anyone have any idea? Should I move this to the JBossWS-CXF forum? I didn't realize there were additional forums for the specific stacks.

[asoldano]

Hi, could you please show us the structure of your deployment (iow, where is the referenced bean actually declared). I'd like to add a testcase like this to the jbossws-cxf testsuite, to try reproducing your issue.

[kringdahl]

I actually moved on from the CXF implementation to the native implementation and I do not seem to have my deployment config any more. Sorry about that.