Eclipse - Unexpected exception when trying to create Web Service based on a WSDL file [closed]

Question

I'm trying to create a Web Service in Eclipse Java EE IDE (Helios Service Release 2, Windows 7 32-bit) based on a WSDL file, but when I click "finish" in the creation wizard I always get:

IWAB0014E Unexpected exception occurred.

(details: java.lang.NullPointerException
      at org.eclipse.jst.ws.internal.axis.creation.ui.widgets.skeleton.SkeletonConfigWidgetDefaultingCommand.getOutputJavaFolder(SkeletonConfigWidgetDefaultingCommand.java:86)
      at org.eclipse.jst.ws.internal.axis.creation.ui.widgets.skeleton.SkeletonConfigWidgetDefaultingCommand.execute(SkeletonConfigWidgetDefaultingCommand.java:47)
      at org.eclipse.wst.command.internal.env.core.fragment.CommandFragmentEngine.runCommand(CommandFragmentEngine.java:419)
      at **...**)

I'm 100% sure that WSDL file is correct - the error happens no matter how trivial etc. the file is.

The way I'm doing it:

1. create a general project and add a new WSDL file to it;
2. File -> New -> Other -> Web Services -> Web Service
3. In the Web Service wizard, I choose "Top down Java Bean Service" and select the appropriate WSDL file.
4. When I click Next or Finish, the above exception occurs and no source files are generated.

I'm using Tomcat 6.0 server (localhost), but I suppose that's irrelevant.

Any tips on how to resolve this would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I solved this by going to

Preferences -> Web Services -> Server and Runtime

and changing the Web Service Runtime from "Apache Axis" to "Apache Axis2".

Answer 2

Create an empty dynamic web project, copy paste the WSDL, and generate the code from there, then copy the generated files into your project, it worked for me this way.

I know this is annoying, but I could solve it like that,especially if you have more than one WSDL file, for me; I could generate the server code for the first WSDL, but not for the rest.

Best regards.

Answer 3

The problem is caused due to existence of hyphens in the WSDL URL. Do you have any '-'(hyphen's) in your WSDL URL, if yes, thats the problem. Please check --> IWAB0014E Unexpected exception occurred