WebServiceTransportException: Not Found [404]

I'm currently implementing a spring web service using jaxb. But when I trying to consume the web service created a WebServiceTransportException: Not Found [404] error is encountered. I did try to search the net but could not able to find a possible root cause. Below I have show my source codes.

application-context.xml

<bean> <constructor-arg ref="marshaller" /> </bean> <bean> <property name="classesToBeBound"> <list> <value>com.ph.domain.EightBallRequest</value> <value>com.ph.domain.EightBallResponse</value> </list> </property> </bean> <bean> <property name="prefix"> <value>/jsp/</value> </property> <property name="suffix"> <value>.jsp</value> </property> </bean> <bean lazy-init="true"> <property name="mappings"> <props> <prop key="/test.asp">LandingController</prop> </props> </property> </bean> <bean name="LandingController"> <property name="stub" ref="eightBallClient"/> </bean> 

Client for webservice

public class EightBallClient extends WebServiceGatewaySupport { private Resource request; public void setRequest(Resource request) { this.request = request; } public String AskQuestion(String question) throws IOException { String responseString = null; EightBallRequest request = new EightBallRequest(); request.setQuestion(question); EightBallResponse response = new EightBallResponse(); response = (EightBallResponse) getWebServiceTemplate() .marshalSendAndReceive(request); responseString = response.getAnswer().toString(); return responseString; } } 

definition of my web service

<bean> <property name="xsd" value="/WEB-INF/eightball.xsd" /> </bean> 

And below is the error stack:

SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet dispatcher threw exception org.springframework.ws.client.WebServiceTransportException: Not Found [404] at org.springframework.ws.client.core.WebServiceTemplate.handleError(WebServiceTemplate.java:626) at org.springframework.ws.client.core.WebServiceTemplate.doSendAndReceive(WebServiceTemplate.java:550) at org.springframework.ws.client.core.WebServiceTemplate.sendAndReceive(WebServiceTemplate.java:501) at org.springframework.ws.client.core.WebServiceTemplate.marshalSendAndReceive(WebServiceTemplate.java:350) at org.springframework.ws.client.core.WebServiceTemplate.marshalSendAndReceive(WebServiceTemplate.java:344) at org.springframework.ws.client.core.WebServiceTemplate.marshalSendAndReceive(WebServiceTemplate.java:336) 

3 Answers

Maybe your URI:

 <bean name="webserviceTemplate"> <property name="defaultUri" value="" /> 

Check this value:

""

Here is how I resolved this error:

1. Declare a SoapActionCallback.

2. Use this callback in the marshalSendAndReceive() as follows.

   final EightBallResponse response = new EightBallResponse(); final SoapActionCallback soapActionCallback = new SoapActionCallback("<the operation name as defined in the WSDL>"); response = (EightBallResponse) getWebServiceTemplate() .marshalSendAndReceive(request, soapActionCallback ); responseString = response.getAnswer().toString(); 

In my case, the solution was to pay attention to the case in the URI. I had it in all lower case, but the webservice was expecting a CamelCase action name.