I think you are missing an annotation on the SEI:
@SOAPBinding(parameterStyle = SOAPBinding.ParameterStyle.BARE) Again, when starting with a WSDL, it's MUCH better to use wsdl2java to generate the interface and types to make sure everything maps correctly. Dan On Tuesday 27 July 2010 7:06:53 am Marc Schipperheyn wrote: > Hi, > > I'm new to CXF and I'm having a lot of problems trying to consume the > checkVat webservice from the EU > (http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/checkVatService.wsdl) > > After much experimentation I finally got past the can't find exception > by specifying the xmlns on jaxws bean. > > Generated base code with wsdl2java. > > This is my code now > package nl.mysite.service; > > import eu.europa.ec.taxud.vies.services.checkvat.types.CheckVat; > import eu.europa.ec.taxud.vies.services.checkvat.types.CheckVatResponse; > > @WebService( > > targetNamespace="http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/services/checkVa > tService", name="urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat") > public interface CheckVatService { > > @WebMethod > public CheckVatResponse checkVat(@WebParam CheckVat params); > } > > ApplicationContext.xml > <jaxws:client id="vatClient" > serviceClass="nl.msw.compraventa.service.CheckVatService" > > address="http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/services/checkVatService > " > > wsdlLocation="http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/checkVatService.wsd > l" xmlns:ns="urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat" > name="ns:checkVatService" > endpointName="ns:checkVatPort" > serviceName="ns:checkVatService" > /> > > I'm getting this error on the vatNumber field when Spring tries to set > the CheckVatService as a dependency on another bean. No clue why. The > error message is not particularly helpful either. Don't see any > difference between the countryCode field that passes correctly and the > vatNumber field that fails. But then, I'm a newbie at this. A frustrated > one. > > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.apache.cxf.common.util.ASMHelper.getClassCode(ASMHelper.java:91) at > org.apache.cxf.jaxws.WrapperClassGenerator.generateMessagePart(WrapperClass > Generator.java:286) at > org.apache.cxf.jaxws.WrapperClassGenerator.createWrapperClass(WrapperClassG > enerator.java:235) at > org.apache.cxf.jaxws.WrapperClassGenerator.generate(WrapperClassGenerator.j > ava:138) at > org.apache.cxf.jaxws.support.JaxWsServiceFactoryBean.generatedWrapperBeanCl > ass(JaxWsServiceFactoryBean.java:608) at > org.apache.cxf.jaxws.support.JaxWsServiceFactoryBean.getExtraClass(JaxWsSer > viceFactoryBean.java:579) at > org.apache.cxf.service.factory.ReflectionServiceFactoryBean.buildServiceFro > mWSDL(ReflectionServiceFactoryBean.java:426) > > Any ideas? > > Kind regards, > > Marc -- Daniel Kulp [email protected] http://dankulp.com/blog
