[Axis2] Can not output XML declaration, after other output has already been done

[John Ferron]

All,   I'm getting the following nested exception:    Can not output XML declaration, after other output has already been done.; nested exception is:         javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException: Can not output XML declaration, after other output has already been done.; nested exception is:         org.apache.axis2.AxisFault: Can not output XML declaration, after other output has already been done.; nested exception is:         javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException: Can not output XML declaration, after other output has already been done.; nested exception is:         org.apache.axis2.AxisFault: Can not output XML declaration, after other output has already been done.; nested exception is:         javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException: Can not output XML declaration, after other output has already been done.; nested exception is:         org.apache.axis2.AxisFault: Can not output XML declaration, after other output has already been done.; nested exception is:         javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException: Can not output XML declaration, after other output has already been done.; nested exception is:         org.apache.axis2.AxisFault: Can not output XML declaration, after other output has already been done.; nested exception is:         javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException: Can not output XML declaration, after other output has already been done.; nested exception is:         org.apache.axis2.AxisFault: Can not output XML declaration, after other output has already been done.; nested exception is:         javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException: Can not output XML declaration, after other output has already been done.; nested exception is:         org.apache.axis2.AxisFault: Can not output XML declaration, after other output has already been done.; nested exception is:         javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException: Can not output XML declaration, after other output has already been done.; nested exception is:         org.apache.axis2.AxisFault: Can not output XML declaration, after other output has already been done.; nested exception is:         javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException: Can not output XML declaration, after other output has already been done.   The following method that sends the data is as follows:  The request element that I am passing through to this method is the SOAP envelope which has the complete SOAP message that I want to send.   private void sendRecieve(String urlStr, OMElement requestElement) throws Exception {   URL url = "">  OMElement responseElement = null;   try {    url = "" URL(urlStr);    log.info("URL: " + urlStr);   } catch (MalformedURLException e) {    StringFunctions.exceptionToString(e);   }     Options options = new Options();   options.setTo(new EndpointReference(url.toString()));   options.setProperty(MessageContextConstants.CHUNKED, Constants.VALUE_FALSE);     ServiceClient sender = new ServiceClient();   sender.setOptions(options);   log.info("Sending: ");   log.info(requestElement.toStringWithConsume());   responseElement = sender.sendReceive(requestElement);   if (responseElement == null) {    log.info("Null response");   } else {    log.info(responseElement.toStringWithConsume());   }  }   Any help would be greatly appreciated   John