This is the classic error. It means that you have two classes in your
classpath that are the same except that one has some methods that the other
doesn't. You call the method, but it finds the class that doesn't have the
method first. You need to put xerces.jar first in your classpath.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Lindgren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 7:56 AM
Subject: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError
> I am getting kind of frustrated trying to get this to work so I thought
I'd
> turn to the list for help. The solution to my problem is probably simple,
> but I don't see it. Here's my problem:
>
> Every time I make a soap request, it returns with the a fault string of
> "java.lang.NoSuchMethodError".
>
> I'm using Apache Soap running on Tomcat. I used the admin servlet to
deploy
> a test method. The deployment descriptor is set with these values:
> ID: "urn:Test"
> Scope: "Request"
> Provider Type: "java"
> Provider Class: "soapmail.MailAgent" (the class that has the test method)
> Use Static Class: "false" (the test method was not static)
> Methods: "testMethod" (the name of my test method is testMethod())
> Type Mappings: [blank] (my test method returns a string)
> Default Mapping Registry Class: [blank]
>
> I've tried using my test method with two SOAP clients: Microsoft's Web
> Services Behavior and a test Java program using Apache Soap. The main part
> of the java code is:
> Call call = new Call();
> call.setTargetObjectURI("urn:Test");
> call.setEncodingStyleURI(Constants.NS_URI_SOAP_ENC);
> call.setMethodName("testMethod");
> Response response = call.invoke(new
> URL("http://localhost/soap/servlet/rpcrouter";), "");
>
> This is the request that gets sent:
>
> OK
> accept()POST /soap/servlet/rpcrouter HTTP/1.0
> Host: localhost
> Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
> Content-Length: 401
> SOAPAction: ""
>
> <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
> <SOAP-ENV:Envelope
> xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";
> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema-instance";
> xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema";>
> <SOAP-ENV:Body>
> <ns1:testMethod xmlns:ns1="urn:Test"
> SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/";>
> </ns1:testMethod>
> </SOAP-ENV:Body>
> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
>
> The response is this:
>
> HTTP/1.0 500 Internal Server Error
> Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
> Content-Length: 472
> Set-Cookie2: JSESSIONID=6cuo3ftoa1;Version=1;Discard;Path="/soap"
> Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=6cuo3ftoa1;Path=/soap
> Servlet-Engine: Tomcat Web Server/3.2.2 (JSP 1.1; Servlet 2.2; Java
> 1.3.0_02; Windows 2000 5.0 x86; java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.)
>
> <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
> <SOAP-ENV:Envelope
> xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";
> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema-instance";
> xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema";>
> <SOAP-ENV:Body>
> <SOAP-ENV:Fault>
> <faultcode>SOAP-ENV:Server.Exception:</faultcode>
> <faultstring>java.lang.NoSuchMethodError</faultstring>
> <faultactor>/soap/servlet/rpcrouter</faultactor>
> </SOAP-ENV:Fault>
> </SOAP-ENV:Body>
> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
>
> Any suggestions/comments would be welcome!
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
>
>
