----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 10:54
AM
Subject: Proposed change to
RPCElement.java & BodyBuilder.java
Hello,
I have been learning SOAP via Axis,
and I encountered a NullPointerException in RPCElement() when trying to test
out a new service that I had written. I eventually discovered that
this was caused by Axis's inability to find the class file(s) for my
service (I had used a link instead of copying the directory).
I submit that it would be more
informative to the user (and more elegant) to throw a
ClassNotFoundException instead of a NullPointerException in that case, to help
the user more quickly discover the "directory tree copy"
requirement.
I have been able to test the failure
case using SimpleAxisServer and the 5-27 build (it successfully throws
the exception), but I haven't been able to test the success case, and I can't
spend any more time on it right now. I am attaching the change diffs, in
the hopes that you might be able to incorporate them and save someone else the
pain that I went through.
Thanks,
jb
