Unmarshalling Error: unexpected element (uri:url, local:"objectname"). Expected elements are <{}objectname>

Question

I'm using jaxb2-marshaller to generate classes to communicate with a webservice. Java-classes are generated with use of some wsdl files.

Everything is okay now, but when I'm trying to use some of the generated classes, i got this unmarshalling error, altough I use the generated ObjectFactory classes.

Some of the stack:

org.springframework.ws.soap.client.SoapFaultClientException: Unmarshalling Error: unexpected element (uri:"http://xxxxxxxxx", local:"customer"). Expected elements are <{}customer> 
    at org.springframework.ws.soap.client.core.SoapFaultMessageResolver.resolveFault(SoapFaultMessageResolver.java:38)
    at org.springframework.ws.client.core.WebServiceTemplate.handleFault(WebServiceTemplate.java:826)
    at org.springframework.ws.client.core.WebServiceTemplate.doSendAndReceive(WebServiceTemplate.java:621)
    at org.springframework.ws.client.core.WebServiceTemplate.sendAndReceive(WebServiceTemplate.java:555)
    at org.springframework.ws.client.core.WebServiceTemplate.marshalSendAndReceive(WebServiceTemplate.java:390)
    at org.springframework.ws.client.core.WebServiceTemplate.marshalSendAndReceive(WebServiceTemplate.java:383)
    at org.springframework.ws.client.core.WebServiceTemplate.marshalSendAndReceive(WebServiceTemplate.java:373)
    at einvoice.service.CustomerService.createCustomer(CustomerService.java:40)
    at einvoice.controller.facturatie.FacturatieOverzichtController.handleRenderRequest(FacturatieOverzichtController.java:36)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

And my class:

@Service
public class CustomerService {

    @Autowired
    private WebServiceTemplate customerDaoTemplate;

    private ObjectFactory customerObjectFactory;

    public CustomerService() {
        customerObjectFactory = new ObjectFactory();    
    }

    public boolean createCustomer(Customer c)
    {
        System.out.println("CREATING CUSTOMER");
        einvoice.proxy.customerdaoservice.Customer customer = customerObjectFactory.createCustomer();
        customer.setConnectionURL("test");
        customer.setUid("testuid");
        customer.setName("KorneelTest");

        Create create = customerObjectFactory.createCreate();
        create.setCustomer(customer);

        try
        {
            customerDaoTemplate.marshalSendAndReceive(customerObjectFactory.createCreate(create));
            return true;
        }
        catch(Exception ex)
        {
            ex.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        }
    }

It's the createCustomer() method that shows this error.

The generated ObjectFactory class:

//
// This file was generated by the JavaTM Architecture for XML Binding(JAXB) Reference Implementation, v2.2.7 
// See <a href="http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb">http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb</a> 
// Any modifications to this file will be lost upon recompilation of the source schema. 
// Generated on: 2014.09.12 at 12:04:04 PM CEST 
//


package einvoice.proxy.customerdaoservice;

import javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElementDecl;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRegistry;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;


/**
 * This object contains factory methods for each 
 * Java content interface and Java element interface 
 * generated in the be.icredit.einvoice.proxy.customerdaoservice package. 
 * <p>An ObjectFactory allows you to programatically 
 * construct new instances of the Java representation 
 * for XML content. The Java representation of XML 
 * content can consist of schema derived interfaces 
 * and classes representing the binding of schema 
 * type definitions, element declarations and model 
 * groups.  Factory methods for each of these are 
 * provided in this class.
 * 
 */
@XmlRegistry
public class ObjectFactory {

    private final static QName _AbstractFilter_QNAME = new QName("http://xxxxxxx/", "abstractFilter");
    private final static QName _Customer_QNAME = new QName("http://xxxxxxx/", "customer");
    private final static QName _FindSingleResponse_QNAME = new QName("http://xxxxxxx/", "findSingleResponse");
    private final static QName _Create_QNAME = new QName("http://xxxxxxx/", "create");
    private final static QName _Find_QNAME = new QName("http://xxxxxxx/", "find");
    private final static QName _CreateResponse_QNAME = new QName("xxxxxxx/", "createResponse");
    private final static QName _FindResponse_QNAME = new QName("http://xxxxxxx/", "findResponse");
    private final static QName _UpdateResponse_QNAME = new QName("http://xxxxxxx/", "updateResponse");
    private final static QName _FindSingle_QNAME = new QName("http://xxxxxxx/", "findSingle");
    private final static QName _CustomerFilter_QNAME = new QName("http://xxxxxxx/", "customerFilter");
    private final static QName _Update_QNAME = new QName("http://xxxxxxx/", "update");
    private final static QName _AbstractEntity_QNAME = new QName("http://xxxxxxx/", "abstractEntity");

    /**
     * Create a new ObjectFactory that can be used to create new instances of schema derived classes for package: be.icredit.einvoice.proxy.customerdaoservice
     * 
     */
    public ObjectFactory() {
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link Update }
     * 
     */
    public Update createUpdate() {
        return new Update();
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link CustomerFilter }
     * 
     */
    public CustomerFilter createCustomerFilter() {
        return new CustomerFilter();
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link UpdateResponse }
     * 
     */
    public UpdateResponse createUpdateResponse() {
        return new UpdateResponse();
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link FindSingle }
     * 
     */
    public FindSingle createFindSingle() {
        return new FindSingle();
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link FindResponse }
     * 
     */
    public FindResponse createFindResponse() {
        return new FindResponse();
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link CreateResponse }
     * 
     */
    public CreateResponse createCreateResponse() {
        return new CreateResponse();
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link FindSingleResponse }
     * 
     */
    public FindSingleResponse createFindSingleResponse() {
        return new FindSingleResponse();
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link Customer }
     * 
     */
    public Customer createCustomer() {
        return new Customer();
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link Create }
     * 
     */
    public Create createCreate() {
        return new Create();
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link Find }
     * 
     */
    public Find createFind() {
        return new Find();
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link Pager }
     * 
     */
    public Pager createPager() {
        return new Pager();
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link JAXBElement }{@code <}{@link AbstractFilter }{@code >}}
     * 
     */
    @XmlElementDecl(namespace = "http://xxxxxxx/", name = "abstractFilter")
    public JAXBElement<AbstractFilter> createAbstractFilter(AbstractFilter value) {
        return new JAXBElement<AbstractFilter>(_AbstractFilter_QNAME, AbstractFilter.class, null, value);
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link JAXBElement }{@code <}{@link Customer }{@code >}}
     * 
     */
    @XmlElementDecl(namespace = "http://xxxxxxx/", name = "customer")
    public JAXBElement<Customer> createCustomer(Customer value) {
        return new JAXBElement<Customer>(_Customer_QNAME, Customer.class, null, value);
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link JAXBElement }{@code <}{@link FindSingleResponse }{@code >}}
     * 
     */
    @XmlElementDecl(namespace = "http://xxxxxxx/", name = "findSingleResponse")
    public JAXBElement<FindSingleResponse> createFindSingleResponse(FindSingleResponse value) {
        return new JAXBElement<FindSingleResponse>(_FindSingleResponse_QNAME, FindSingleResponse.class, null, value);
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link JAXBElement }{@code <}{@link Create }{@code >}}
     * 
     */
    @XmlElementDecl(namespace = "http://xxxxxxx/", name = "create")
    public JAXBElement<Create> createCreate(Create value) {
        return new JAXBElement<Create>(_Create_QNAME, Create.class, null, value);
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link JAXBElement }{@code <}{@link Find }{@code >}}
     * 
     */
    @XmlElementDecl(namespace = "http://xxxxxxx/", name = "find")
    public JAXBElement<Find> createFind(Find value) {
        return new JAXBElement<Find>(_Find_QNAME, Find.class, null, value);
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link JAXBElement }{@code <}{@link CreateResponse }{@code >}}
     * 
     */
    @XmlElementDecl(namespace = "http://xxxxxxx/", name = "createResponse")
    public JAXBElement<CreateResponse> createCreateResponse(CreateResponse value) {
        return new JAXBElement<CreateResponse>(_CreateResponse_QNAME, CreateResponse.class, null, value);
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link JAXBElement }{@code <}{@link FindResponse }{@code >}}
     * 
     */
    @XmlElementDecl(namespace = "http://xxxxxxx/", name = "findResponse")
    public JAXBElement<FindResponse> createFindResponse(FindResponse value) {
        return new JAXBElement<FindResponse>(_FindResponse_QNAME, FindResponse.class, null, value);
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link JAXBElement }{@code <}{@link UpdateResponse }{@code >}}
     * 
     */
    @XmlElementDecl(namespace = "http://xxxxxxx/", name = "updateResponse")
    public JAXBElement<UpdateResponse> createUpdateResponse(UpdateResponse value) {
        return new JAXBElement<UpdateResponse>(_UpdateResponse_QNAME, UpdateResponse.class, null, value);
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link JAXBElement }{@code <}{@link FindSingle }{@code >}}
     * 
     */
    @XmlElementDecl(namespace = "http://xxxxxxx/", name = "findSingle")
    public JAXBElement<FindSingle> createFindSingle(FindSingle value) {
        return new JAXBElement<FindSingle>(_FindSingle_QNAME, FindSingle.class, null, value);
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link JAXBElement }{@code <}{@link CustomerFilter }{@code >}}
     * 
     */
    @XmlElementDecl(namespace = "http://xxxxxxx/", name = "customerFilter")
    public JAXBElement<CustomerFilter> createCustomerFilter(CustomerFilter value) {
        return new JAXBElement<CustomerFilter>(_CustomerFilter_QNAME, CustomerFilter.class, null, value);
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link JAXBElement }{@code <}{@link Update }{@code >}}
     * 
     */
    @XmlElementDecl(namespace = "http://xxxxxxx/", name = "update")
    public JAXBElement<Update> createUpdate(Update value) {
        return new JAXBElement<Update>(_Update_QNAME, Update.class, null, value);
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link JAXBElement }{@code <}{@link AbstractEntity }{@code >}}
     * 
     */
    @XmlElementDecl(namespace = "http://xxxxxxx/", name = "abstractEntity")
    public JAXBElement<AbstractEntity> createAbstractEntity(AbstractEntity value) {
        return new JAXBElement<AbstractEntity>(_AbstractEntity_QNAME, AbstractEntity.class, null, value);
    }

}

The package-info.java class:

//
// This file was generated by the JavaTM Architecture for XML Binding(JAXB) Reference Implementation, v2.2.7 
// See <a href="http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb">http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb</a> 
// Any modifications to this file will be lost upon recompilation of the source schema. 
// Generated on: 2014.09.12 at 03:44:51 PM CEST 
//

@javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlSchema(namespace = "http://xxxxxxx/")
package einvoice.proxy.customerdaoservice;

Answer 1

• Either your original schema does not have the right target namespace.
• Or you're somehow missing the package-info.java

Please post your ObjectFactory and package-info.java (must be generated next to the ObjectFactory).

You actually don't have to create your instances via ObjectFactory, normal new constructions work fine. :) ObjectFactory does no magic. It is primarily used by JAXB during unmarshalling.

ps. Please tag the maven-jaxb2-plugin-related questions with the maven-jaxb2-plugin tag - this will get my attention quicker.