Hello,

On JBoss 4.0.5, I want to expose a webservice that returns objects containing fields of type java.net.URL (note : NOT java.net.URI). I see in the documentation that java.net.URI is mapped by default to xsd:anyURI, not so with java.net.URL.

I have used wstools.sh to generate jaxrpc-mapping.xml. java.net.URL is mapped there as a complex type :

<java-xml-type-mapping>
 <java-type>java.net.URL</java-type>
 <root-type-qname xmlns:typeNS='http://fr.bnf.entrychain/types'>typeNS:URL</root-type-qname>
 <qname-scope>complexType</qname-scope>
 <variable-mapping>
 <java-variable-name>authority</java-variable-name>
 <xml-element-name>authority</xml-element-name>
 </variable-mapping>
 <variable-mapping>
 <java-variable-name>content</java-variable-name>
 <xml-element-name>content</xml-element-name>
 </variable-mapping>
 <variable-mapping>
 <java-variable-name>defaultPort</java-variable-name>
 <xml-element-name>defaultPort</xml-element-name>
 </variable-mapping>
 <variable-mapping>
 <java-variable-name>file</java-variable-name>
 <xml-element-name>file</xml-element-name>
 </variable-mapping>
 <variable-mapping>
 <java-variable-name>host</java-variable-name>
 <xml-element-name>host</xml-element-name>
 </variable-mapping>
 <variable-mapping>
 <java-variable-name>path</java-variable-name>
 <xml-element-name>path</xml-element-name>
 </variable-mapping>
 <variable-mapping>
 <java-variable-name>port</java-variable-name>
 <xml-element-name>port</xml-element-name>
 </variable-mapping>
 <variable-mapping>
 <java-variable-name>protocol</java-variable-name>
 <xml-element-name>protocol</xml-element-name>
 </variable-mapping>
 <variable-mapping>
 <java-variable-name>query</java-variable-name>
 <xml-element-name>query</xml-element-name>
 </variable-mapping>
 <variable-mapping>
 <java-variable-name>ref</java-variable-name>
 <xml-element-name>ref</xml-element-name>
 </variable-mapping>
 <variable-mapping>
 <java-variable-name>userInfo</java-variable-name>
 <xml-element-name>userInfo</xml-element-name>
 </variable-mapping>
 </java-xml-type-mapping>

The generated mapping file is huge, describing object mappings down to java.lang.Object.

I would of course like to have java.net.URL transparently mapped to either xsd:anyURI or xsd:string.

As an example, when calling an endpoint that contains the method :

java.net.URL getWorkArea();

I get the stacktrace at the end. I obviously serialize things that are not really serializable, despite the fact that it's only a URL.

I am a bit lost in documentation. Could anybody kindly show me a way of mapping java.net.URL to some simple type ?

Thank you.

2007-09-24 16:04:44,944 ERROR doc_ http-0.0.0.0-8080-2 [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[localhost].[/entrychain-services-ejb-NUM_07].[ConfigurationService]] Servlet.service() for servlet ConfigurationService threw exception
javax.xml.rpc.JAXRPCException: org.jboss.xb.binding.JBossXBRuntimeException: Failed to get value of the property 'classes' defined in class java.io.FileInputStream from instance class java.io.FileInputStream
 at org.jboss.ws.soap.SOAPContentElement.write(SOAPContentElement.java:986)
 at org.jboss.ws.soap.SAAJElementWriter.writeElement(SAAJElementWriter.java:171)
 at org.jboss.ws.soap.SAAJElementWriter.writeElement(SAAJElementWriter.java:184)
 at org.jboss.ws.soap.SAAJElementWriter.writeElement(SAAJElementWriter.java:184)
 at org.jboss.ws.soap.SAAJElementWriter.writeElement(SAAJElementWriter.java:184)
 at org.jboss.ws.soap.SAAJElementWriter.printInternal(SAAJElementWriter.java:163)
 at org.jboss.ws.soap.SAAJElementWriter.print(SAAJElementWriter.java:142)
 at org.jboss.ws.soap.SOAPMessageImpl.writeTo(SOAPMessageImpl.java:266)
 at org.jboss.ws.server.ServiceEndpointManager.sendResponse(ServiceEndpointManager.java:409)
 at org.jboss.ws.server.ServiceEndpointManager.processSOAPRequest(ServiceEndpointManager.java:372)
 at org.jboss.ws.server.StandardEndpointServlet.doPost(StandardEndpointServlet.java:115)
 at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
 at org.jboss.ws.server.StandardEndpointServlet.service(StandardEndpointServlet.java:76)
 at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:810)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:175)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:74)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
 at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.tc5.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:156)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
 at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:869)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:664)
 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.MasterSlaveWorkerThread.run(MasterSlaveWorkerThread.java:112)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Caused by: org.jboss.xb.binding.JBossXBRuntimeException: Failed to get value of the property 'classes' defined in class java.io.FileInputStream from instance class java.io.FileInputStream
 at org.jboss.xb.binding.introspection.FieldInfo.getValue(FieldInfo.java:200)
 at org.jboss.xb.binding.sunday.marshalling.MarshallerImpl.getJavaValue(MarshallerImpl.java:1220)
 at org.jboss.xb.binding.sunday.marshalling.MarshallerImpl.getChildren(MarshallerImpl.java:1206)

...


 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.MasterSlaveWorkerThread.run(MasterSlaveWorkerThread.java:112)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Caused by: org.jboss.xb.binding.JBossXBRuntimeException: Failed to get value of the property 'content' defined in file:/d:/tmp/work from instance file:/d:/tmp/work
 at org.jboss.xb.binding.introspection.FieldInfo.getValue(FieldInfo.java:200)
 at org.jboss.xb.binding.sunday.marshalling.MarshallerImpl.getJavaValue(MarshallerImpl.java:1220)
 at org.jboss.xb.binding.sunday.marshalling.MarshallerImpl.getChildren(MarshallerImpl.java:1206)
 at org.jboss.xb.binding.sunday.marshalling.MarshallerImpl.getElementValue(MarshallerImpl.java:1136)
 at org.jboss.xb.binding.sunday.marshalling.MarshallerImpl.marshalParticle(MarshallerImpl.java:716)
 at org.jboss.xb.binding.sunday.marshalling.MarshallerImpl.marshalModelGroupSequence(MarshallerImpl.java:920)
 at org.jboss.xb.binding.sunday.marshalling.MarshallerImpl.marshalModelGroup(MarshallerImpl.java:860)
 at org.jboss.xb.binding.sunday.marshalling.MarshallerImpl.marshalParticle(MarshallerImpl.java:641)
 at org.jboss.xb.binding.sunday.marshalling.MarshallerImpl.marshalComplexType(MarshallerImpl.java:608)
 at org.jboss.xb.binding.sunday.marshalling.MarshallerImpl.marshalElementType(MarshallerImpl.java:419)
 at org.jboss.xb.binding.sunday.marshalling.MarshallerImpl.marshalElement(MarshallerImpl.java:331)
 at org.jboss.xb.binding.sunday.marshalling.MarshallerImpl.marshalElementOccurence(MarshallerImpl.java:311)
 at org.jboss.xb.binding.sunday.marshalling.MarshallerImpl.marshallInternal(MarshallerImpl.java:210)
 at org.jboss.xb.binding.sunday.marshalling.MarshallerImpl.marshal(MarshallerImpl.java:168)
 at org.jboss.ws.jaxb.JBossXBMarshallerImpl.marshal(JBossXBMarshallerImpl.java:146)
 at org.jboss.ws.jaxrpc.encoding.JAXBSerializer.serialize(JAXBSerializer.java:107)
 at org.jboss.ws.soap.SOAPContentElement.getXMLFragment(SOAPContentElement.java:157)
 at org.jboss.ws.soap.SOAPContentElement.expandToDOM(SOAPContentElement.java:817)
 at org.jboss.ws.soap.SOAPContentElement.handleMTOMTransitions(SOAPContentElement.java:1015)
 at org.jboss.ws.soap.SOAPContentElement.write(SOAPContentElement.java:968)
 ... 32 more