PK52186: ILLEGALANNOTATIONSEXCEPTION IN FEATURE PACK FOR WEB SERVICES IMPLEMENTATION CLASSES WHEN CALLING JAX-WS SERVICE

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• IllegalAnnotationsException
  occurs within Axis2 classes (part of the Feature Pack for Web
   Services implementation) on the provider side. This leads to a
   SOAP fault sent back to the consumer.
  It fails when a package contains a runtime exception
  class.
  When the exception class is moved to a subpackage and called
  from a web service client it works. The exception looks like:
   [8/16/07 18:00:39:493 CEST] 00000027 SystemErr     R
   javax.xml.ws.WebServiceException:
   com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.IllegalAnnotationsException: 1
  counts of
   IllegalAnnotationExceptions
   java.lang.StackTraceElement does not have a no-arg default
  constructor.
    this problem is related to the following location:
     at java.lang.StackTraceElement
     at public java.lang.StackTraceElement[]
   java.lang.Throwable.getStackTrace()
     at java.lang.Throwable
     at java.lang.Exception
     at java.lang.RuntimeException
     at demo1.impl.Demo1TechnicalRuntimeException
  
    at
   org.apache.axis2.jaxws.ExceptionFactory.createWebServiceExcepti
  on
   (ExceptionFactory.java:180)
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: IBM WebSphere Application Server version     *
  *                 6.1 users of the Feature Pack for Web        *
  *                 Services                                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: IllegalAnnotationsException in Feature  *
  *                      Pack for Web Services Implementation    *
  *                      Classes when Calling a JAX-WS Service   *
  *                      on the Sun JDK                          *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  IllegalAnnotationsException occurs within Axis2 classes (part
  of the Feature Pack for Web Services implementation) on the
  provide side.  This leads to a SOAP fault sent back to the
  consumer. It fails when a package contains a runtime exception
  class. It works when the exception class is moved to a
  subpackage and called from a web service client.
  
  The exception looks like:
  javax.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.IllegalAnnotationsException:
  1 counts of IllegalAnnotationsExceptions
  java.lang.StackTraceElement does not have a no-arg default
  constructor.
  this problem is related to the following location:
  at java.lang.StackTraceElement
  at public java.lang.StackTraceElement[]
  java.lang.Throwable.getStackTrace()
  at java.lang.Throwable
  at java.lang.Exception
  at java.lang.RuntimeException
  at org.apache.axis2.jaxws.ExceptionFactory.createWebServiceExc
  eption (ExceptionFactory.java:180)
  

Problem conclusion

• The customer has added classes that extend java.lang.Exception
  to the same package that their web service code was generated
  into.  This is okay if the Exception is annotated with
  @WebFault, as the JAXBContext will ignore the class.  But if
  not annotated, it will be treated as a bean and JAXB will walk
  the class to collect whatever info it needs.
  
  On Windows/Linux/AIX/etc. that run on the IBM Software
  Developers' Kit, this is not an issue, but there is a problem
  on the Sun JDK.
  
  To counter this, we will exclude these classes from the
  configuration in JAXB since it will not be needed for
  marshalling.
  
  The fix for this APAR is currently targeted for inclusion in
  cumulative fix 6.1.0.13 for the Feature Pack for Web Services.
  Please refer to the recommended updates page for delivery
  information:
  http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg27004980
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros

• WEBSRVC
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WEBSERVIC FEATU

• Fixed component ID

  5724J0850

Applicable component levels

• R610 PSY

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