The stack trace shows where the error is happening, but the error message "null" is pretty vague!
Anyway, I checked the API spec for SOAPMessage, and I don't see how you can expect to usefully serialize it with the BeanSerializer. The only read/write property is contentDescription. Also, the class is abstract. You cannot de-serialize to it since you cannot construct it with the default ctor. With a custom serializer, you could serialize the attachments and SOAP part (actually, you could use writeTo to get a string, then just serialize the string). With a custom deserializer, you could instantiate a concrete class using the MessageFactory. All-in-all, however, this seems like a mess. Have you noticed that SOAPMessage has more than a bit in common with org.apache.soap.SOAPContext? If you want to create a SOAP body and some attachments, then send them, you can use SOAPContext and/or the Apache SOAP messaging API (instead of the RPC API). Scott Nichol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Searle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 11:24 AM Subject: RE: sending SOAPMessage as paramater > Hi scott > > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unable to retrieve > 'contentDescription' property value: null. > at > org.apache.soap.encoding.soapenc.BeanSerializer.marshall(BeanSerializer. > java:122) > at > org.apache.soap.encoding.soapenc.ParameterSerializer.marshall(ParameterS > erializer.java:107) > at > org.apache.soap.rpc.RPCMessage.serializeParams(RPCMessage.java:333) > at org.apache.soap.rpc.RPCMessage.marshall(RPCMessage.java:307) > at org.apache.soap.Body.marshall(Body.java:145) > at org.apache.soap.Envelope.marshall(Envelope.java:195) > at > org.apache.soap.transport.http.SOAPHTTPConnection.send(SOAPHTTPConnectio > n.java:273) > at org.apache.soap.rpc.Call.invoke(Call.java:248) > at > jxtaWS.Testing.TestSOAPReceiver.main(TestSOAPReceiver.java:109) > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > jxtaWS.Testing.TestSOAPReceiver.main(TestSOAPReceiver.java:118) > Exception in thread "main" > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Nichol [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 03 January 2003 16:00 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: sending SOAPMessage as paramater > > > Could you add code to your client to catch the SOAPException then do > > e.getRootException().printStackTrace() > > That would print a stack trace for the underlying exception. > > Scott Nichol > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Searle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 10:40 AM > Subject: RE: sending SOAPMessage as paramater > > > > Sorry Scott, I'm using 2.3.1, I can attach the code if that helps? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Scott Nichol [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 03 January 2003 15:37 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: sending SOAPMessage as paramater > > > > > > What version of Apache SOAP are you using (so I can determine the > source > > in which to look up the line numbers)? > > > > Scott Nichol > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dave Searle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 10:19 AM > > Subject: sending SOAPMessage as paramater > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > This is probably a bit of a long shot, but has anyone tried to send > > > javax.xml.soap.SOAPMessage as a parameter to a webservice that is > > > expecting it? > > > > > > I have built a webservice that takes a SOAPMessage as a parameter; I > > > > have mapped all the types across but I still get an error on the > > client > > > (see below). 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