Scott, Many thanks. I've been looking for a resolution for this problem in all the documentation I could find but to no avail; a search for this error on Google brings up a total of one response (an unanswered question posted to a group such at this in December 2001).
Kudos. On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 23:46, Scott Nichol wrote: > Paul, > > You have probably put your service class at a different level than > Apache SOAP in the Tomcat class loader delegation chain. Because > messaging service classes rely on Apache SOAP classes (Envelope, > SOAPContext), they must be loaded by a class loader that can also load > the Apache SOAP classes. If you have deployed Apache SOAP as a Tomcat > webapp (which you should), you must make your service class (and > dependent classes) part of the webapp as well, i.e. put it under > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/soap/WEB-INF/classes. My guess is you put the > class in $CATALINA_HOME/classes, the class loader for which cannot load > the Apache SOAP classes. > > Scott Nichol > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul J. Caritj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 5:30 PM > Subject: NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/soap/Envelope > > > > Greetings, > > > > I have an annoying little problem pertaining to SOAP-Messaging. When I > > attempt to invoke a soap messaging service I get the following fault > > (shown in relevant part): > > > > <faultactor>/soap/servlet/messagerouter</faultactor> > > <detail> > > <stackTrace>java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/soap/Envelope > > at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method) > > at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Class.java:1627) > > at java.lang.Class.privateGetPublicMethods(Class.java:1655) > > at java.lang.Class.getMethod0(Class.java:1744) > > at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Class.java:963) > > > > I was hoping someone could throw me a line :) RPC style services work > > just fine. I'm using Tomcat 1.4.12 and Apache SOAP 2.3 on Redhat 8.0 > > > > > > Also, on a related note, is it my imagination or is there a grievous > > shortage of documentation on the use of Soap-Messaging (EDI, or what > > have you)? Every book I have read (and Apache's own documentation) > > focuses heavily on RPC style. Does anyone know of a > > book/website/anything that covers Messaging thoroughly? (preferably in > > Java, but I'll take what I can get) > > > > Best Regards, > > Paul Caritj > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>