org.apache.cxf.binding.soap.SoapFault: HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: An attempt was made to insert a node where it is not permitted

[rjakkula]

Hi,

I keep getting this error when calling an endpoint using <to uri="cxf:bean:myCXFEndpoint>. What is the reason for this error?

org.apache.cxf.binding.soap.SoapFault: HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: An attempt was made to insert a node where it is not permitted.

    at org.apache.cxf.binding.soap.interceptor.Soap11FaultInInterceptor.unmarshalFault(Soap11FaultInInterceptor.java:86) [cxf-rt-bindings-soap-3.0.4.redhat-620133.jar:3.0.4.redhat-620133]

    at org.apache.cxf.binding.soap.interceptor.Soap11FaultInInterceptor.handleMessage(Soap11FaultInInterceptor.java:52) [cxf-rt-bindings-soap-3.0.4.redhat-620133.jar:3.0.4.redhat-620133]

    at org.apache.cxf.binding.soap.interceptor.Soap11FaultInInterceptor.handleMessage(Soap11FaultInInterceptor.java:41) [cxf-rt-bindings-soap-3.0.4.redhat-620133.jar:3.0.4.redhat-620133]

    at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:307) [cxf-core-3.0.4.redhat-620133.jar:3.0.4.redhat-620133]

    at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.AbstractFaultChainInitiatorObserver.onMessage(AbstractFaultChainInitiatorObserver.java:113) [cxf-core-3.0.4.redhat-620133.jar:3.0.4.redhat-620133]

    at org.apache.cxf.binding.soap.interceptor.CheckFaultInterceptor.handleMessage(CheckFaultInterceptor.java:69) [cxf-rt-bindings-soap-3.0.4.redhat-620133.jar:3.0.4.redhat-620133]

    at org.apache.cxf.binding.soap.interceptor.CheckFaultInterceptor.handleMessage(CheckFaultInterceptor.java:34) [cxf-rt-bindings-soap-3.0.4.redhat-620133.jar:3.0.4.redhat-620133]

    at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:307) [cxf-core-3.0.4.redhat-620133.jar:3.0.4.redhat-620133]

    at org.apache.cxf.endpoint.ClientImpl.onMessage(ClientImpl.java:784) [cxf-core-3.0.4.redhat-620133.jar:3.0.4.redhat-620133]

    at org.apache.cxf.transport.http.HTTPConduit$WrappedOutputStream.handleResponseInternal(HTTPConduit.java:1644) [cxf-rt-transports-http-3.0.4.redhat-620133.jar:3.0.4.redhat-620133]

    at org.apache.cxf.transport.http.HTTPConduit$WrappedOutputStream$1.run(HTTPConduit.java:1155) [cxf-rt-transports-http-3.0.4.redhat-620133.jar:3.0.4.redhat-620133]

    at org.apache.cxf.workqueue.AutomaticWorkQueueImpl$3.run(AutomaticWorkQueueImpl.java:428) [cxf-core-3.0.4.redhat-620133.jar:3.0.4.redhat-620133]

    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]

    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]

    at org.apache.cxf.workqueue.AutomaticWorkQueueImpl$AWQThreadFactory$1.run(AutomaticWorkQueueImpl.java:353) [cxf-core-3.0.4.redhat-620133.jar:3.0.4.redhat-620133]

    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]

[vrlgohel]

The ERROR message comes when the request is being unmarshaled, but fails because the request soap xml may be malformed.  Can you check if the soap request xml is properly structured with the DOM ? so that the StaxUtils can parse the request ?

[rjakkula]

Thanks for responding. The xml is well-formed and schema compliant. I did try couple of things and found that the endpoint I was hitting uses SOAP 1.2.

After I added below configuration to the endpoint, issue was resolved. Wish the errors are more clear and straightforward.

    <cxf:binding>

         <soap:soapBinding version="1.2"/>

    </cxf:binding>