Hi.. Thank you for replying on my message. I'm new to XFire, that's why I started with a small test : Java Swing GUI to authenticate user, the authentification process is a webservice method returning true.
Here's the code for the GUI ActionListener ( after removing all comments) The following line is throwing the exception : client1.invoke("login", new Object[]{username, password}); public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { try { if(e.getSource() == loginBtn) { if(usernameTxt.getText() != null && usernameTxt.getText().length() > 0 && passwordTxt.getPassword() != null && passwordTxt.getPassword().length >0){ String username = usernameTxt.getText(); String password = new String(passwordTxt.getPassword()); try{ Client client1 = new Client(new URL("http://localhost:8080/ldap/services/ldapservice?WSDL")); client1.invoke("login", new Object[]{username, password}); }catch(Exception exp){ System.out.println("exception "+exp); } } else{ Boot.showError("Error", "Username and password cannot be blank", new Exception()); } } else if(e.getSource() == cancelBtn) { usernameTxt.setText(""); passwordTxt.setText(""); } } catch(Exception ioExp) { Boot.showError("Error", ioExp.getMessage(), ioExp); } } and here is the Exception in Tomcat : INFO: Server startup in 140094 ms - No beans defined in application context [org.codehaus.xfire.transport.http.XFireConfigurableServlet$GenericWebApplicationContextX;hashCode=13787395] - JDK 1.4+ collections available - Commons Collections 3.x available - Unable to locate MessageSource with name 'messageSource': using default [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Unable to locate ApplicationEventMulticaster with name 'applicationEventMulticaster': using default [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Unable to locate ThemeSource with name 'themeSource': using default [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Pre-instantiating singletons in factory [org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory defining beans []; root of BeanFactory hierarchy] - Loading XML bean definitions from class path resource [org/codehaus/xfire/spring/xfire.xml] - Loading XML bean definitions from class path resource [org/codehaus/xfire/spring/customEditors.xml] - Loading XML bean definitions from class path resource [META-INF/xfire/services.xml] - 11 beans defined in application context [org.codehaus.xfire.spring.GenericApplicationContext;hashCode=24548764] - Unable to locate MessageSource with name 'messageSource': using default [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Unable to locate ApplicationEventMulticaster with name 'applicationEventMulticaster': using default [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Pre-instantiating singletons in factory [org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory defining beans [xfire.customEditorConfigurer,xfire.serviceRegistry,xfire.transportManager,xfire,xfire.typeMappingRegistry,xfire.aegisBindingProvider,xfire.serviceFactory,xfire.servletController,xfire.messageServiceFactory,xfire.messageBindingProvider,org.codehaus.xfire.spring.ServiceBean]; parent: org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory defining beans []; root of BeanFactory hierarchy] - Exposing service with name {ldapservice}ldapservice - Fault occurred! java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: prefix cannot be "null" when creating a QName at javax.xml.namespace.QName.<init>(Unknown Source) at com.ctc.wstx.stax.ns.NsInputElementStack.getQName(NsInputElementStack.java:389) at com.ctc.wstx.stax.stream.BasicStreamReader.getName(BasicStreamReader.java:574) at org.codehaus.xfire.soap.handler.ReadHeadersHandler.checkForFault(ReadHeadersHandler.java:107) at org.codehaus.xfire.soap.handler.ReadHeadersHandler.invoke(ReadHeadersHandler.java:67) at org.codehaus.xfire.handler.HandlerPipeline.invoke(HandlerPipeline.java:131) at org.codehaus.xfire.transport.DefaultEndpoint.onReceive(DefaultEndpoint.java:64) at org.codehaus.xfire.transport.AbstractChannel.receive(AbstractChannel.java:38) at org.codehaus.xfire.transport.http.XFireServletController.invoke(XFireServletController.java:304) at org.codehaus.xfire.transport.http.XFireServletController.doService(XFireServletController.java:129) at org.codehaus.xfire.transport.http.XFireServlet.doPost(XFireServlet.java:116) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:709) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252) 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.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105) 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.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) ----- Original Message ----- From: Mohammed El ammaria To: user@xfire.codehaus.org Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 9:12 PM Subject: Re: [xfire-user] prefix cannot be "null" when creating a QName I'm not sur that your ptoblem is linked to xfire, wath 's in your Console.java line :156 ? Mohamed 2007/3/31, Youssef Moussa < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi.. Please help to resolve this error. I'm missing something but what I don't know. I'm using xfire 1.4, tomcat 5 When trying to invoke a method in my webservice, I'm getting the following error: SEVERE: Error:prefix cannot be "null" when creating a QName org.codehaus.xfire.fault.XFireFault: prefix cannot be "null" when creating a QName at org.codehaus.xfire.fault.Soap11FaultSerializer.readMessage( Soap11FaultSerializer.java:31 ) at org.codehaus.xfire.fault.SoapFaultSerializer.readMessage( SoapFaultSerializer.java:28) at org.codehaus.xfire.soap.handler.ReadHeadersHandler.checkForFault( ReadHeadersHandler.java:111) at org.codehaus.xfire.soap.handler.ReadHeadersHandler.invoke( ReadHeadersHandler.java:67) at org.codehaus.xfire.handler.HandlerPipeline.invoke( HandlerPipeline.java:131) at org.codehaus.xfire.client.Client.onReceive( Client.java:387) at org.codehaus.xfire.transport.http.HttpChannel.sendViaClient( HttpChannel.java:139) at org.codehaus.xfire.transport.http.HttpChannel.send( HttpChannel.java:48) at org.codehaus.xfire.handler.OutMessageSender.invoke( OutMessageSender.java:26) at org.codehaus.xfire.handler.HandlerPipeline.invoke( HandlerPipeline.java:131) at org.codehaus.xfire.client.Invocation.invoke( Invocation.java:75) at org.codehaus.xfire.client.Client.invoke( Client.java:335) at org.codehaus.xfire.client.Client.invoke( Client.java:349) at com.imetrik.ims.console.Console.actionPerformed( Console.java:156) client: Client client1 = new Client(new URL("http://localhost:8080/ldap/services/ldapservice?WSDL ")); client1.invoke( "login", new Object[]{username, password}); It is a simple service to authenticate users. java code: package com.imetrik.ims.webservice; public interface LdapService{ public boolean login(String username, String password); } the implementation : public boolean login(String username, String password) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub boolean success = false; if(username != null && username.length() > 0 && password != null && password.length() > 0){ if(username.equalsIgnoreCase("test") && password.equalsIgnoreCase("test")) success = true; System.out.println( "inside login username = "+username +" password = " + password ); } return success; } my service.xml: <beans xmlns=" http://xfire.codehaus.org/config/1.0"> <service> <name>ldapservice</name> <namespace>ldapservice</namespace> <serviceClass>com.imetrik.ims.webservice.LdapService</serviceClass> <implementationClass>com.imetrik.ims.webservice.LdapServiceImpl</implementationClass> </service> </beans> Thank you in advance -- Mohammed El AMMARIA