Apache CXF 2.2.7 Spring 3 Web Service Unmarshalling Error: unexpected element

Question

Hi,

I have developed a simple web service application using Apache CXF 2.2.7 and Spring 3, deployed onto Tomcat as a WAR file, but I'm getting the following error message:

12-Apr-2010 15:56:12 org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain doDefaultLogging WARNING: Interceptor for {http://services.aristabi.com/}ReportingServiceImplService#{http://services.aristabi.com/}getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate_v2 has thrown exception, unwinding now org.apache.cxf.interceptor.Fault: Unmarshalling Error: unexpected element (uri:"http://services.aristabi.com/", local:"searchCriteria"). Expected elements are <{}searchCriteria> at org.apache.cxf.jaxb.JAXBEncoderDecoder.unmarshall(JAXBEncoderDecoder.java:764) at org.apache.cxf.jaxb.JAXBEncoderDecoder.unmarshall(JAXBEncoderDecoder.java:623) at org.apache.cxf.jaxb.io.DataReaderImpl.read(DataReaderImpl.java:128) at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.DocLiteralInInterceptor.handleMessage(DocLiteralInInterceptor.java:106) at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:243) at org.apache.cxf.transport.ChainInitiationObserver.onMessage(ChainInitiationObserver.java:109) at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletDestination.invoke(ServletDestination.java:98) at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletController.invokeDestination(ServletController.java:406) at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletController.invoke(ServletController.java:178) at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractCXFServlet.invoke(AbstractCXFServlet.java:142) at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.handleRequest(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:179) at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.doPost(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:103) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:637) at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.service(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:159) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:293) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:849) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:454) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) Caused by: javax.xml.bind.UnmarshalException - with linked exception: [javax.xml.bind.UnmarshalException: unexpected element (uri:"http://services.aristabi.com/", local:"searchCriteria"). Expected elements are <{}searchCriteria>] at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallerImpl.handleStreamException(UnmarshallerImpl.java:425) at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal0(UnmarshallerImpl.java:362) at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal(UnmarshallerImpl.java:339) at org.apache.cxf.jaxb.JAXBEncoderDecoder.unmarshall(JAXBEncoderDecoder.java:749) ... 25 more Caused by: javax.xml.bind.UnmarshalException: unexpected element (uri:"http://services.aristabi.com/", local:"searchCriteria"). Expected elements are <{}searchCriteria> at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallingContext.handleEvent(UnmarshallingContext.java:642) at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.Loader.reportError(Loader.java:254) at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.Loader.reportError(Loader.java:249) at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.Loader.reportUnexpectedChildElement(Loader.java:116) at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.Loader.childElement(Loader.java:101) at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.StructureLoader.childElement(StructureLoader.java:245) at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallingContext._startElement(UnmarshallingContext.java:478) at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallingContext.startElement(UnmarshallingContext.java:459) at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.StAXStreamConnector.handleStartElement(StAXStreamConnector.java:242) at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.StAXStreamConnector.bridge(StAXStreamConnector.java:176) at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal0(UnmarshallerImpl.java:360) ... 27 more Caused by: javax.xml.bind.UnmarshalException: unexpected element (uri:"http://services.aristabi.com/", local:"searchCriteria"). Expected elements are <{}searchCriteria> ... 38 more

This is probably a simple issue, but I can't seem to be able to resolve it. Can anyone point me in the right direction to solve this issue?

Thanks, Zahanghir

Btw, this is what my wsdl looks like

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><wsdl:definitions name="ReportingServiceImplService" targetNamespace="http://services.aristabi.com/" xmlns:ns1="http://cxf.apache.org/bindings/xformat" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/" xmlns:tns="http://services.aristabi.com/" xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"&gt;
<wsdl:types>
<xs:schema attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="unqualified"   targetNamespace="http://services.aristabi.com/" xmlns:tns="http://services.aristabi.com/" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"&gt;
<xs:element name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate" type="tns:getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate" />
<xs:element name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDateResponse" type="tns:getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDateResponse" />
<xs:element name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate_v2" type="tns:getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate_v2" />
<xs:element name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate_v2Response" type="tns:getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate_v2Response" />
<xs:element name="newBusinessLead" type="tns:newBusinessLead" />
<xs:element name="quotes" type="tns:quotes" />
<xs:element name="searchCriteria" type="tns:searchCriteria" />
<xs:complexType name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate">
<xs:sequence>
  <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="agent" type="xs:string" />
  <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="broker" type="xs:string" />
  <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="businessUnit" type="xs:string" />
  <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="fromMonth" type="xs:string" />
  <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="fromYear" type="xs:string" />
  <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="region" type="xs:string" />
  <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="toMonth" type="xs:string" />
  <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="toYear" type="xs:string" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDateResponse">
<xs:sequence>
  <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="return" type="tns:newBusinessLead" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="newBusinessLead">
<xs:sequence>
  <xs:element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" name="convertedQuotes" nillable="true" type="tns:quotes" />
  <xs:element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" name="declinedQuotes" nillable="true" type="tns:quotes" />
  <xs:element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" name="ntuQuotes" nillable="true" type="tns:quotes" />
  <xs:element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" name="pendingQuotes" nillable="true" type="tns:quotes" />
  </xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="quotes">
<xs:sequence>
  <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="month" type="xs:string" />
  <xs:element name="premium" type="xs:int" />
  <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="quoteStatus" type="xs:string" />
  <xs:element name="volume" type="xs:int" />
  <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="year" type="xs:string" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="arrayList">
<xs:complexContent>
  <xs:extension base="tns:abstractList">
    <xs:sequence />
  </xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType abstract="true" name="abstractList">
<xs:complexContent>
  <xs:extension base="tns:abstractCollection">
    <xs:sequence />
  </xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType abstract="true" name="abstractCollection">
<xs:sequence />
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate_v2">
<xs:sequence>
  <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="searchCriteria" type="tns:searchCriteria" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="searchCriteria">
<xs:sequence>
  <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="agent" type="xs:string" />
  <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="broker" type="xs:string" />
  <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="businessUnit" type="xs:string" />
  <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="fromMonth" type="xs:string" />
  <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="fromYear" type="xs:string" />
  <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="region" type="xs:string" />
  <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="toMonth" type="xs:string" />
  <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="toYear" type="xs:string" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate_v2Response">
<xs:sequence>
  <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="return" type="tns:newBusinessLead" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:element name="InvalidUserCredentialsException" type="tns:InvalidUserCredentialsException" />
<xs:complexType name="InvalidUserCredentialsException">
<xs:sequence />
</xs:complexType>
<xs:element name="tokenString" nillable="true" type="xs:string" />
</xs:schema>
</wsdl:types>
<wsdl:message name="InvalidUserCredentialsException">
<wsdl:part element="tns:InvalidUserCredentialsException" name="InvalidUserCredentialsException">
</wsdl:part>
</wsdl:message>
<wsdl:message name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDateResponse">
<wsdl:part element="tns:getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDateResponse" name="parameters">
</wsdl:part>
</wsdl:message>
<wsdl:message name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate">
<wsdl:part element="tns:getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate" name="parameters">
</wsdl:part>
<wsdl:part element="tns:tokenString" name="tokenString">
</wsdl:part>
</wsdl:message>
<wsdl:message name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate_v2Response">
<wsdl:part element="tns:getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate_v2Response" name="parameters">
</wsdl:part>
</wsdl:message>
<wsdl:message name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate_v2">
<wsdl:part element="tns:getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate_v2" name="parameters">
</wsdl:part>
</wsdl:message>
<wsdl:portType name="IReportingService">
<wsdl:operation name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate">
  <wsdl:input message="tns:getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate" name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate">
</wsdl:input>
  <wsdl:output message="tns:getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDateResponse" name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDateResponse">
</wsdl:output>
</wsdl:operation>
<wsdl:operation name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate_v2">
  <wsdl:input message="tns:getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate_v2" name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate_v2">
</wsdl:input>
  <wsdl:output message="tns:getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate_v2Response" name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate_v2Response">
</wsdl:output>
  <wsdl:fault message="tns:InvalidUserCredentialsException" name="InvalidUserCredentialsException">
</wsdl:fault>
</wsdl:operation>
</wsdl:portType>
<wsdl:binding name="ReportingServiceImplServiceSoapBinding" type="tns:IReportingService">
<soap:binding style="document" transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http" />
<wsdl:operation name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate">
  <soap:operation soapAction="" style="document" />
  <wsdl:input name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate">
    <soap:header message="tns:getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate" part="tokenString" use="literal">
    </soap:header>
    <soap:body parts="parameters" use="literal" />
  </wsdl:input>
  <wsdl:output name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDateResponse">
    <soap:body use="literal" />
  </wsdl:output>
</wsdl:operation>
<wsdl:operation name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate_v2">
  <soap:operation soapAction="" style="document" />
  <wsdl:input name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate_v2">
    <soap:body use="literal" />
  </wsdl:input>
  <wsdl:output name="getNewBusinessVolumeByCreateDate_v2Response">
    <soap:body use="literal" />
  </wsdl:output>
  <wsdl:fault name="InvalidUserCredentialsException">
    <soap:fault name="InvalidUserCredentialsException" use="literal" />
  </wsdl:fault>
</wsdl:operation>
</wsdl:binding>
<wsdl:service name="ReportingServiceImplService">
<wsdl:port binding="tns:ReportingServiceImplServiceSoapBinding" name="ReportingServiceImplPort">
  <soap:address location="http://localhost:8889/AristaInsuranceServices/reportingService" />
</wsdl:port>
</wsdl:service>
</wsdl:definitions>

I don't have a XSD. Can you please point out what is wrong with the WSDL?

Answer 1

The incoming message is invalid. Basically, it doesn't match the schema. (or at least what JAXB is expecting) Basically, someplace in the message, you have an element like:

<ns1:searchCriteria> ..... </ns1:searchCriteria>

or possibly with no namespace prefix, but with a default namespace set someplace. However, JAXB is expecting the element to be unqualified. something like:

<searchCriteria> ..... </searchCriteria>

Definitely check the sending side to see what they are sending as well as check the schema to see what the schema says it should look like. (elementFormDefault=unqualified is the default if not specified)