It appears that my underlying problem has been solved - finally. In my case, I've been attempting to deploy a web service by embedding Axis into my WAR for deployment as part of my web application. Reading the documentation left me a bit confused. Having asked numerous questions, and beating my head against the wall for several days, I'd like to offer some additional documentation for the Axis website.
for the install.html, 431,436c431,432 < href="http://www.manning.com/hatcher/chap15.pdf">PDF file</a>. < <p><span class="note">Note:</span> It is important to note that proper use < of Axis requires every jar file that your service depends upon to be < included in your WEB-INF/lib folder. Forgetting even one jar can cause your < application to fault with the message "Null serializer factory specified."</p> < <a name="broken"></a> --- > href="http://www.manning.com/hatcher/chap15.pdf">PDF file</a>. <a > name="broken"></a> This "patch" adds a small amount of hard earned knowlege. THANKS to everyone for their time and help in solving this! Bob