I have been having the same problem, and sent a question to this mailing list a couple of days ago but it didn't seem to get through for some reason. The problem is caused by a null pointer exception on the server (stack trace included below), but I have no idea what is causing that.
To get started I have been using the url local:// instead of http://localhost:8080/axis/services/AdminService This seems to be some sort of internal server which works independently from your web server, although I haven't been able to find any documentation on it. So to deploy, use the command: java org.apache.axis.client.AdminClient -llocal:// samples\userguide\example3\deploy.wsdd And to test, use the command: java samples.userguide.example3.Client -llocal:// "test me!" I look forward to seeing the solution to this problem. It certainly shows the dangers of using beta software when you can't even get the samples to work out of the box. Here is the stack trace from the server console: - Exception: java.lang.NullPointerException java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.axis.message.RPCElement.<init>(RPCElement.java:106) at org.apache.axis.message.BodyBuilder.onStartChild(BodyBuilder.java:137) at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContextImpl.startElement(Deserializa tionContextImpl.java:831) at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.maybeElement(Parser2.java:1449) at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.content(Parser2.java:1700) at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.maybeElement(Parser2.java:1468) at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.content(Parser2.java:1700) at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.maybeElement(Parser2.java:1468) at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.parseInternal(Parser2.java:499) at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.parse(Parser2.java:304) at org.apache.crimson.parser.XMLReaderImpl.parse(XMLReaderImpl.java:433) at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(SAXParser.java:346) at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContextImpl.parse(DeserializationCon textImpl.java:202) at org.apache.axis.SOAPPart.getAsSOAPEnvelope(SOAPPart.java:428) at org.apache.axis.Message.getSOAPEnvelope(Message.java:306) at org.apache.axis.handlers.soap.SOAPService$SOAPRequestHandler.invoke(SOAPServ ice.java:138) at org.apache.axis.strategies.InvocationStrategy.visit(InvocationStrategy.java: 71) at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.doVisiting(SimpleChain.java:154) at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.invoke(SimpleChain.java:121) at org.apache.axis.server.AxisServer.invoke(AxisServer.java:288) at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet.doPost(AxisServlet.java:576) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.doService(ServletWrapper.java:405) at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.java:287) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:372) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService(ContextManager.java:80 6) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:752) at org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnection(HttpC onnectionHandler.java:213) at org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:416) at org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:501) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pavel Bernshtam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 8:52 PM Subject: Newbie question - running samples > Hi! > I'm trying now to run axis samples. > > I have installed axis beta 2 on tomcat 4.0.4 beta 3 (jdk 1.4.0). > I can access succesfully > http://localhost:8080/axis/servlet/AxisServlet and > http://194.90.182.183:8080/axis/servlet/AdminServlet , but when I run > examples (echoString or stock) I receive "Null message responce" : > > D:\Java\xml-axis-beta2\samples\stock>java -cp %CP% > org.apache.axis.client.AdminClient > -lhttp://localhost:8080/axis/services/AdminService deploy.wsdd > - Processing file deploy.wsdd > - AxisFault: AxisFault > faultCode: http://xml.apache.org/axis/:Server.generalException > faultString: Null response message! > faultActor: null > faultDetail: > stackTrace: Null response message! > at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1913) > at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1155) > at org.apache.axis.client.AdminClient.process(AdminClient.java:313) > at org.apache.axis.client.AdminClient.process(AdminClient.java:292) > at org.apache.axis.client.AdminClient.process(AdminClient.java:299) > at org.apache.axis.client.AdminClient.process(AdminClient.java:250) > at org.apache.axis.client.AdminClient.main(AdminClient.java:335) > > > > Sorry if it is already answered question - I failed to find it in mailing > list archive. > Thank you! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Bernshtam Pavel 053-398944 > Certified Java 2 Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.mutek.com http://www.cs.bgu.ac.il/~barnshte > > > > >
