Object is null but not nillable - JSR 172 client
Here's the scenario....
I have a web service that's been created with the RAD 7 wizard (IBM JAX-RPC) running on WAS 6, which works great (tested via web service explorer).
On the other end of it, I am trying to develop a web service client on a Lotus Expeditor device/mobile application, which is limited to JSR 172. (I've posted this on the Expeditor forum as well, but I believe this is more of a web service issue).
Lets focus on one request (getEmpById(String empId)). THe following is an excerpt of the wsdl for Employee:
<complexType name="Employee">
<sequence>
<element name="fax" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/>
<element name="email" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/>
<element name="id" type="xsd:int"/>
<element name="firstname" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/>
<element name="fullName" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/>
<element name="postalcode" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/>
<element name="country" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/>
<element name="address" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/>
<element name="startdate" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/>
<element name="province" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/>
<element name="phone" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/>
<element name="city" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/>
<element name="trade" nillable="true" type="tns1:Trade"/>
<element name="mobile" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/>
<element name="lastname" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/>
</sequence>
When I call getEmpById(..) from the client, I get the following exception:
Caused by: javax.xml.rpc.JAXRPCException: CWPWS2021E: Object isnull but not nillable
at com.ibm.pvcws.internal.jaxrpc.rpc.OperationImpl.checkNillable(Unknown Source)
at com.ibm.pvcws.internal.jaxrpc.rpc.OperationImpl.decodePrimitiveType(Unknown Source)
at com.ibm.pvcws.internal.jaxrpc.rpc.OperationImpl.decodeElement(Unknown Source)
at com.ibm.pvcws.internal.jaxrpc.rpc.OperationImpl.decodeComplexType(Unknown Source)
at com.ibm.pvcws.internal.jaxrpc.rpc.OperationImpl.decodeElement(Unknown Source)
at com.ibm.pvcws.internal.jaxrpc.rpc.OperationImpl.decodeComplexType(Unknown Source)
at com.ibm.pvcws.internal.jaxrpc.rpc.OperationImpl.decodeElement(Unknown Source)
at com.ibm.pvcws.internal.jaxrpc.rpc.OperationImpl.decodeComplexType(Unknown Source)
at com.ibm.pvcws.internal.jaxrpc.rpc.OperationImpl.decodeElement(Unknown Source)
at com.ibm.pvcws.internal.jaxrpc.rpc.OperationImpl.decodeOperation(Unknown Source)
at com.ibm.pvcws.internal.jaxrpc.rpc.OperationImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.abc.def.workorder.ws.TestEndpointSoap_Stub.getEmpById(TestEndpointSoap_Stub.java)
But only when 'Trade' is null. If 'Employee' has any other null values it works fine, and I've narrowed it down to 'Trade'. But as you can see in the wsdl excerpt, nillable=true for Trade.
So I wonder if anyone else has encountered this issue. Any help is appreciated. I am hoping it is something obvious and due to my lack of WS experience.
Thanks,
Eric
