Hi Yunxi,
Please read the file in a String and use below method to convert it into OMElement. OMElement payload = AXIOMUtil.stringToOM("<echo xmlns="\"><a>Hi! This is a sample Request.</a></echo>"); Thanks, Swapna Soni. From: Yunxi Zhang [mailto:zhangyx...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 10:43 PM To: java-dev@axis.apache.org Subject: org.apache.axis2.AxisFault: org.apache.axiom.om.impl.llom.OMTextImpl cannot be cast to org.apache.axiom.om.OMElement Hi, guys, I've tried parsing an XML file to OMElement structure to be embedded into other OMElement element. The codes I used to do the parse are listed below: public OMElement parseXMLToOMElement(String sourceFile) throws FileNotFoundException,XMLStreamException{ File file=new File(sourceFile); OMElement element=null; FileInputStream fis=new FileInputStream(file); XMLInputFactory xif=XMLInputFactory.newInstance(); XMLStreamReader reader=xif.createXMLStreamReader(fis); StAXOMBuilder builder=new StAXOMBuilder(reader); element=builder.getDocumentElement(); return element; } However, When sending the parsed messages to the target service, I got the error messages there as follows: org.apache.axis2.AxisFault: org.apache.axiom.om.impl.llom.OMTextImpl cannot be cast to org.apache.axiom.om.OMElement at org.apache.axis2.util.Utils.getInboundFaultFromMessageContext(Utils.java:531 ) at org.apache.axis2.description.RobustOutOnlyAxisOperation$RobustOutOnlyOperati onClient.handleResponse(RobustOutOnlyAxisOperation.java:91) at org.apache.axis2.description.OutInAxisOperationClient.send(OutInAxisOperatio n.java:421) at org.apache.axis2.description.OutInAxisOperationClient.executeImpl(OutInAxisO peration.java:229) at org.apache.axis2.client.OperationClient.execute(OperationClient.java:165) at org.apache.axis2.client.ServiceClient.sendRobust(ServiceClient.java:475) at org.apache.axis2.client.ServiceClient.sendRobust(ServiceClient.java:456) at portalB.ReceivingRequestForSharedResources.decisionMaking(ReceivingRequestFo rSharedResources.java:442) at portalB.ReceivingRequestForSharedResources.receivingSOAPMessage(ReceivingReq uestForSharedResources.java:359) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39 ) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl .java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.axis2.receivers.RawXMLINOnlyMessageReceiver.invokeBusinessLogic(R awXMLINOnlyMessageReceiver.java:90) at org.apache.axis2.receivers.AbstractMessageReceiver.receive(AbstractMessageRe ceiver.java:110) at org.apache.axis2.engine.AxisEngine.receive(AxisEngine.java:181) at org.apache.axis2.transport.http.HTTPTransportUtils.processHTTPPostRequest(HT TPTransportUtils.java:172) at org.apache.axis2.transport.http.AxisServlet.doPost(AxisServlet.java:146) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:641) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Application FilterChain.java:306) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterCh ain.java:210) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.ja va:240) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.ja va:161) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:164 ) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100 ) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:550) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java :118) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:380) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:243) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http 11Protocol.java:188) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http 11Protocol.java:166) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java: 288) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.ja va:886) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:9 08) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680) Has anyone got any idea about it? Thank you! Best regards, Yunxi