Hi, I'm using axis2 1.7.0SNAPSHOT and finding two problems.
First when I'm having ArrayList in my class, for example: public class VEntryData{ protected List<ViewEntryItem> items; public List<ViewEntryItem> getItems() { if (items == null) { items = new ArrayList<ViewEntryItem>(); } return this.items; } } My service functions look like this: public VEntryData getVED(){ return ved; } public void setVED(VEntryData ved){ this.ved = ved; } In this scenario the getVED() works fine and when I do setVED() from the client I pass a valid list but on the server side I get null for items field. //======================================================================================== In the second scenario I use plain array: public class VEntryData{ protected ViewEntryItem[] items; public ViewEntryItem[] getItems() { if (this.items == null) { return new ViewEntryItem[ 0 ] ; } ViewEntryItem[] retVal = new ViewEntryItem[this.items.length] ; System.arraycopy(this.items, 0, retVal, 0, this.items.length); return (retVal); } public ViewEntryItem getItems(int idx) { if (this.items == null) { throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(); } return this.items[idx]; } public int getRedLength() { if (this.items == null) { return 0; } return this.items.length; } } My service functions are the same as in previous case. In this scenario the getVED() produces the error: [ERROR] java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.axis2.databinding.utils.BeanUtil.getPropertyQnameList(BeanUtil.java:255) at org.apache.axis2.databinding.utils.BeanUtil.getPullParser(BeanUtil.java:97) at org.apache.axis2.databinding.utils.reader.ADBXMLStreamReaderImpl.processProperties(ADBXMLStreamReaderImpl.java:989) at org.apache.axis2.databinding.utils.reader.ADBXMLStreamReaderImpl.next(ADBXMLStreamReaderImpl.java:848) at org.apache.axis2.util.StreamWrapper.next(StreamWrapper.java:71) at org.apache.axiom.om.impl.builder.StAXOMBuilder.parserNext(StAXOMBuilder.java:682) at org.apache.axiom.om.impl.builder.StAXOMBuilder.next(StAXOMBuilder.java:190) at org.apache.axiom.om.impl.common.OMContainerHelper.build(OMContainerHelper.java:140) at org.apache.axiom.om.impl.llom.OMElementImpl.build(OMElementImpl.java:699) at org.apache.axiom.om.impl.llom.OMElementImpl.detach(OMElementImpl.java:678) at org.apache.axiom.om.impl.common.OMContainerHelper.addChild(OMContainerHelper.java:101) at org.apache.axiom.om.impl.llom.OMElementImpl.addChild(OMElementImpl.java:231) at org.apache.axiom.om.impl.llom.OMElementImpl.addChild(OMElementImpl.java:227) at org.apache.axis2.rpc.receivers.RPCUtil.processResponse(RPCUtil.java:134) at org.apache.axis2.rpc.receivers.RPCUtil.processResponseAsDocLitWrapped(RPCUtil.java:533) at org.apache.axis2.rpc.receivers.RPCMessageReceiver.invokeBusinessLogic(RPCMessageReceiver.java:159) at org.apache.axis2.receivers.AbstractInOutMessageReceiver.invokeBusinessLogic(AbstractInOutMessageReceiver.java:40) at org.apache.axis2.receivers.AbstractMessageReceiver.receive(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:106) at org.apache.axis2.engine.AxisEngine.receive(AxisEngine.java:169) at org.apache.axis2.transport.http.HTTPTransportUtils.processHTTPPostRequest(HTTPTransportUtils.java:176) at org.apache.axis2.transport.http.AxisServlet.doPost(AxisServlet.java:163) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:647) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:728) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:222) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:123) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:171) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:99) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:947) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:408) at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1009) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:589) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:310) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) If anybody know how to battle those issues please help me. [http://www.american-data.com/images/AmericanDataLogoSquareEmailSignature-01.png] Serge Perepel Software Developer | American Data p. 800.464.9942 | f. 608.643.2314 se...@american-data.com<mailto:se...@american-data.com> | www.american-data.com