What kind of client API are you using? A stub generated using wsdl2java or the ServiceClient API together with Axiom?
Andreas On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 01:32, Suresh Janardhanan <suresh.janardha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Andreas, > > I'll try to start from the beginning and explain what I am trying to achieve > as you suggested. > I generated a web service client for a .NET Target web service using Apache > Axis 2.1.6.1. > Here is a snippet of the .Net WSDL. > <wsdl:message name="RetrieveByParameterSoapIn"> > <wsdl:part name="sKey" type="s:string" /> > <wsdl:part name="sIDTypeID" type="s:string" /> > <wsdl:part name="sID" type="s:string" /> > <wsdl:part name="sXmlParameters" type="s:string" /> > </wsdl:message> > The Target expects an XML string to be set in "sXmlParameters", something > like this - > > <![CDATA[<PARAMETERS><RETURN><GENERALINFORMATION><INFORMATIONRETURNTYPEID>3294f665bc644359bfd15824d2efe29c</INFORMATIONRETURNTYPEID></GENERALINFORMATION></RETURN></PARAMETERS>]] > > > Since it is a "string type", Axis client is converting the characters - < > and > > > So, the request looks like this - > > [main] DEBUG httpclient.wire.content - >> "<?xml version='1.0' > encoding='UTF-8'?><soapenv:Envelope > xmlns:soapenv="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope";><soapenv:Body><ns1:RetrieveByParameter > xmlns:ns1="http://wsdl.echelon.com/Panoramix/";><sKey>e1839da0c11c4058928b650f97c06853</sKey><sIDTypeID>f76e5d708edd464593bb031f646990b6</sIDTypeID><sID>100063728</sID><sXmlParameters><![CDATA[<PARAMETERS><RETURN><GENERALINFORMATION><INFORMATIONRETURNTYPEID>3294f665bc644359bfd15824d2efe29c</INFORMATIONRETURNTYPEID></GENERALINFORMATION></RETURN></PARAMETERS>]]></sXmlParameters></ns1:RetrieveByParameter></soapenv:Body></soapenv:Envelope>" > > > My objective is to send the XML string inside "sXmlParameters" as is without > the <, > getting converted. > > > So I tried these steps. > > 1. I thought by adding XMLInputFactory.properties > - javax.xml.stream.isCoalescing=false, it would the issue. But you pointed > out that since it is character data this won't work. > > 2. I tried changing the "sXmlParameters" type in the wsdl, but that resulted > in com.ctc.wstx.exc.WstxUnexpectedCharException. > > changed sXmlParameters type=s:string to xmlStingType as shown below. > > <wsdl:types> > > <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; > > targetNamespace="http://wsdl.echelon.com/Panoramix/";> > > <xsd:complexType name="xmlStringType"> > > <xsd:sequence> > > <xsd:any > xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/> > > </xsd:sequence> > > </xsd:complexType> > > </xsd:schema> > > </wsdl:types> > > <wsdl:part name="sXmlParameters" type="tns:xmlStringType" /> > > Code Snippet: > > XmlStringType xmlStrType = new XmlStringType(); > > OMElement element = AXIOMUtil.stringToOM(xmlParameters); > > xmlStrType.setExtraElement(element); > > Stack Trace: > > Caused by: > > org.apache.axiom.om.OMException: > com.ctc.wstx.exc.WstxUnexpectedCharException: Unexpected character 'C' (code > 67) (CDATA not allowed in prolog/epilog) > > at [row,col {unknown-source}]: [1,3] > > Stack Trace: > > > org.apache.axiom.om.impl.builder.StAXOMBuilder.next(StAXOMBuilder.java:297) > > > org.apache.axiom.om.impl.llom.OMDocumentImpl.getOMDocumentElement(OMDocumentImpl.java:111) > > > org.apache.axiom.om.impl.builder.StAXOMBuilder.getDocumentElement(StAXOMBuilder.java:571) > > > org.apache.axiom.om.impl.builder.StAXOMBuilder.getDocumentElement(StAXOMBuilder.java:567) > > org.apache.axiom.om.util.AXIOMUtil.stringToOM(AXIOMUtil.java:54) > > org.apache.axiom.om.util.AXIOMUtil.stringToOM(AXIOMUtil.java:39) > > > Any help is much appreciated. > > > Thanks, > > Suresh
