ERROR: nor any of its super class is known to this context

[christy]

Hi to everybody!

I have a problem. I have a simple web-service that takes Object type on entrance. But on the client side I need to pass an Array. And I can not do it, I have the error:

javax.xml.ws.WebServiceException: javax.xml.bind.MarshalException
- with linked exception:
[javax.xml.bind.JAXBException: class java.util.ArrayList nor any of its super class is known to this context.]
    at com.sun.xml.ws.message.jaxb.JAXBMessage.writePayloadTo(JAXBMessage.java:317)
    at com.sun.xml.ws.message.AbstractMessageImpl.writeTo(AbstractMessageImpl.java:142)
    at com.sun.xml.ws.encoding.StreamSOAPCodec.encode(StreamSOAPCodec.java:108)
    at com.sun.xml.ws.encoding.SOAPBindingCodec.encode(SOAPBindingCodec.java:265)
    at com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.client.HttpTransportPipe.process(HttpTransportPipe.java:144)
    at com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.client.HttpTransportPipe.processRequest(HttpTransportPipe.java:88)
    at com.sun.xml.ws.api.pipe.Fiber.__doRun(Fiber.java:595)
    at com.sun.xml.ws.api.pipe.Fiber._doRun(Fiber.java:554)
    at com.sun.xml.ws.api.pipe.Fiber.doRun(Fiber.java:539)
    at com.sun.xml.ws.api.pipe.Fiber.runSync(Fiber.java:436)
    at com.sun.xml.ws.client.Stub.process(Stub.java:248)
    at com.sun.xml.ws.client.sei.SEIStub.doProcess(SEIStub.java:134)
    at com.sun.xml.ws.client.sei.SyncMethodHandler.invoke(SyncMethodHandler.java:244)
    at com.sun.xml.ws.client.sei.SyncMethodHandler.invoke(SyncMethodHandler.java:224)
    at com.sun.xml.ws.client.sei.SEIStub.invoke(SEIStub.java:117)
    at $Proxy29.getFirstID(Unknown Source)
    at bus.client.TestWSBus.main(TestWSBus.java:48)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
    at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:90)
Caused by: javax.xml.bind.MarshalException
- with linked exception:
[javax.xml.bind.JAXBException: class java.util.ArrayList nor any of its super class is known to this context.]
    at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.MarshallerImpl.write(MarshallerImpl.java:282)
    at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.BridgeImpl.marshal(BridgeImpl.java:100)
    at com.sun.xml.bind.api.Bridge.marshal(Bridge.java:141)
    at com.sun.xml.ws.message.jaxb.JAXBMessage.writePayloadTo(JAXBMessage.java:310)
    ... 21 more
Caused by: javax.xml.bind.JAXBException: class java.util.ArrayList nor any of its super class is known to this context.
    at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.XMLSerializer.reportError(XMLSerializer.java:242)
    at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.XMLSerializer.reportError(XMLSerializer.java:257)
    at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.XMLSerializer.childAsXsiType(XMLSerializer.java:649)
    at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.property.SingleElementNodeProperty.serializeBody(SingleElementNodeProperty.java:150)
    at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.ClassBeanInfoImpl.serializeBody(ClassBeanInfoImpl.java:322)
    at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.XMLSerializer.childAsXsiType(XMLSerializer.java:681)
    at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.MarshallerImpl.write(MarshallerImpl.java:277)
    ... 24 more
Caused by: javax.xml.bind.JAXBException: class java.util.ArrayList nor any of its super class is known to this context.
    at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.JAXBContextImpl.getBeanInfo(JAXBContextImpl.java:556)
    at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.XMLSerializer.childAsXsiType(XMLSerializer.java:644)
    ... 28 more

Here is a simple web-service code:

@WebService
@SOAPBinding(style = SOAPBinding.Style.DOCUMENT)
public class TestService {
     @WebMethod
    public String getFirstID(Object o){
         String res = "";
         List l = new ArrayList();
         l = (List)o;
         System.out.println("o = " + l.size());
         System.out.println("res = " + res);
         return res;
     }
}

And this is a simple web-service client:

TestServiceService testServiceService = new TestServiceService();
        TestService service = testServiceService.getTestServicePort();
        List l = new ArrayList();
        l.add(33);
        service.getFirstID(l);

Are there any solutions of this problem? Or I can not pass types that are not declared in web-service method interface?

Thank you!

[ropalka]

You can pass only JAXB supported types web method parameters.

java.lang.Object cannot be passed as web method parameter.

[christy]

Richard, thank you for your reply. But my problem is not in java.lang.Object transmition. If I pass the "pure" simple  java.lang.Object everything works fine. But if under this Object is some complex or custom type in reality than I have this exception.

Maybe there are some solutions of this problem? Maybe it is possible to create some XML-schemas for example but I do not know what exactly.

[christy]

Hi again!

Realy there ar no ways to solve my problem?

This is simple web-service:

@WebService()

public class SimpleWS{

@WebMethod()
     public String testObj (Object o){
       // o processing..
       return res;

}

I have custom type A. I generated client artifacts for SimpleWS web-service and when I call the testObj method, I want to transmit object of type A. And I have the error on the client side:

javax.xml.bind.JAXBException: class esimo.ws.buoys.BuoysDetails nor any of its super class is known to this context.]

Are there really no ways to solve this? Please, help!!