Can you please log a bug report?
thanks,
dims
On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:17:32 -0800, David Tompkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I know that deploying Axis 1.2 on WebSphere 5.1 has been a frequent topic on
> this list, so I thought I would add my findings to the noise.
>
> I am deploying Axis 1.2RC3 in a war that resides within an ear. The axis
> jars are in the war/WEB-INF/lib dir. For various reasons related to the
> other contents of my ear, I must use PARENT_FIRST classloading. As many have
> reported, if you have PARENT_FIRST classloading on WebSphere 5.1 with Axis
> 1.2RC3, then there is a conflict between the version of saaj (1.1) that
> ships with WebSphere, and the version of saaj (1.2) that Axis 1.2RC3
> expects, and you get the following exception:
>
> java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError: class org.apache.axis.SOAPPart does
> not implement interface org.w3c.dom.Document
>
> This issue can be resolved with PARENT_LAST classloading and a manifest
> which specifies the classpath...but for those of use who can't use
> PARENT_LAST classloading, there is another option.
>
> After some digging in the Axis code, it appears that a single source code
> change to Axis will eliminate the issue altogether. The offending code is in
> org.apache.axis.message.MessageElement.addTextNode(), and can be patched as
> follows:
>
> OLD CODE:
>
> public SOAPElement addTextNode(String s) throws SOAPException {
> try {
> Text text = getOwnerDocument().createTextNode(s);
> ((org.apache.axis.message.Text)text).setParentElement(this);
> return this;
> } catch (ClassCastException e) {
> throw new SOAPException(e);
> }
> }
>
> PATCHED CODE:
>
>
> public SOAPElement addTextNode(String s) throws SOAPException {
> try {
> Text text = new org.apache.axis.message.Text(s);
> appendChild(text);
> return this;
> } catch (ClassCastException e) {
> throw new SOAPException(e);
> }
> }
>
> After making this change, Axis 1.2RC3 will run on WebSphere 5.1 with
> PARENT_FIRST classloading, and no exceptions will be thrown.
>
> -DT
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> David Tompkins
> Sr. Computer Scientist
> Adobe Systems, Inc.
> tompkins _AT_ adobe _DOT_ com
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