JAXB unmarshalling Exception: unexpected element

[Jabberz]

This is a quirk of JAXB and how it handles resolves using the ObjectFactory versus the XmlRootAnnotation

http://weblogs.java.net/blog/2006/03...mes-not-always

The side affect is dealing with marshalled classes directly versus a JAXB wrapped object, e.g. JAXBElement<SomeType>

[Toxic]

It took me long enough to figure ... but it seems the error persist no matter what I do when using the classesToBeBound property.


I solved it using two steps on the client side.

1. Replace classesToBeBound property for contextPath property.

<bean id="xmlMarshaller" class="org.springframework.oxm.jaxb.Jaxb2Marshaller" >
        <property name="contextPath" value="generated" />
</bean>

2. Replace MyObject.class for JAXBElement.class

MyObject obj = (MyObject) restTemplate.getForObject(restUrl, JAXBElement.class, word).getValue();

Note that both steps where necessary for my success. Finally, I got a contract-first REST service running
Although, I do think JAXB2 needs to address the @XMLRootElement annotation issue; and I do think spring documentation is failing since javadocs/spring-docs doesn't tell the difference between using classesToBeBound or contextPath when there obviously is a difference.

[x-phile]

I have similar problem on JBoss 5.1 EAP. After sending the request:
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:atl="atlas">
<soapenv:Header/>
<soapenv:Body>
<atl:getAllAccounts>
<atl:startindex>1</atl:startindex>
<atl:maxrecords>2</atl:maxrecords>
</atl:getAllAccounts>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

I got the response:

<env:Envelope xmlns:env="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<env:Header/>
<env:Body>
<env:Fault>
<faultcode xmlns:valueNS="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">valueNS:Server</faultcode>
<faultstring xml:lang="en">JAXB unmarshalling exception; nested exception is javax.xml.bind.UnmarshalException: unexpected element (uri:"atlas", local:"getAllAccounts"). Expected elements are (none)</faultstring>
</env:Fault>
</env:Body>
</env:Envelope>

Here is parts of my WSDL:

<xsd:complexType name="PaginationRequest">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="startindex" type="xsd:integer"></xsd:element>
<xsd:element name="maxrecords" type="xsd:integer"></xsd:element>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>



<xsd:element name="getAllAccounts" type="tns:PaginationRequest" />

<xsd:element name="getAllAccountsResponse">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="paginationInfo" type="tns:PaginationInfo"></xsd:element>
<xsd:element name="rwsAccounts" type="tns:ArrayOfRWSAccount"></xsd:element>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>




My Java Bean:


@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlRootElement(name = "getAllAccounts", namespace = "atlas")
public class GetAllAccountsReq {

@XmlElement(namespace = "atlas")
private int startindex;

@XmlElement(namespace = "atlas")
private int maxrecords;

public GetAllAccountsReq(){

}
public int getStartindex() {
return startindex;
}
public void setStartindex(int startindex) {
this.startindex = startindex;
}

public int getMaxrecords() {
return maxrecords;
}
public void setMaxrecords(int maxrecords) {
this.maxrecords = maxrecords;
}
}

Endpoint operation:

@PayloadRoot(localPart = "getAllAccounts", namespace = NS.TARGET_NS)
public GetAllAccountsRes getAllAccounts(GetAllAccountsReq req) throws ATLASWSException {
//Some stub code was here
return res;
}


Spring settings file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
xsi:schemaLocation="
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schem...ring-beans.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-2.0.xsd">

<bean class="org.springframework.ws.transport.http.WsdlD efinitionHandlerAdapter">
<property name="transformLocations" value="true" />
</bean>

<bean class="org.springframework.ws.transport.http.WebSe rviceMessageReceiverHandlerAdapter">
<property name="messageFactory">
<bean class="org.springframework.ws.soap.saaj.SaajSoapMe ssageFactory" />
</property>
</bean>

<bean id="atlasWServiceHeaderInterceptor" class="com.custom.ws.listner.Object2SoapHeaderHand ler" />

<bean id="payloadMapping" class="org.springframework.ws.server.endpoint.mapp ing.PayloadRootAnnotationMethodEndpointMapping" >
<property name="interceptors">
<list>
<ref local="atlasWServiceHeaderInterceptor" />
</list>
</property>
</bean>

<bean id="defaultHandlerMapping" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.Bea nNameUrlHandlerMapping"/>

<bean id="atlasWServiceJaxbMarshaller" class="org.springframework.oxm.jaxb.Jaxb2Marshalle r">
<property name="classesToBeBound">
<list>
<value>com.custom.ws.responses.GetAllAccountsRes </value>
<value>com.custom.ws.requests.GetAllAccountsReq</value>
</list>
</property>
<property name="marshallerProperties">
<map>
<entry key="jaxb.formatted.output">
<value type="java.lang.Boolean">true</value>
</entry>
</map>
</property>
</bean>

<alias name="atlasWServiceJaxbMarshaller" alias="atlasWServiceJaxbUnmarshaller" />

<bean id="atlasWServiceSoapMessageDispatcher" class="org.springframework.ws.soap.server.SoapMess ageDispatcher">
<property name="endpointAdapters">
<list>
<bean class="org.springframework.ws.server.endpoint.adap ter.MarshallingMethodEndpointAdapter">
<property name="marshaller" ref="atlasWServiceJaxbMarshaller" />
<property name="unmarshaller" ref="atlasWServiceJaxbUnmarshaller" />
</bean>
</list>
</property>
</bean>

<alias name="atlasWServiceSoapMessageDispatcher" alias="/atlas-webservice"/>

<bean name="atlasWServiceWsdl" class="org.springframework.ws.wsdl.wsdl11.SimpleWs dl11Definition">
<property name="wsdl">
<bean class="org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResour ce">
<constructor-arg>
<value>/ATLASWService.wsdl</value>
</constructor-arg>
</bean>
</property>
</bean>

<alias name="atlasWServiceWsdl" alias="/atlasWService.wsdl"/>

<bean id="atlasWServiceEndpoint" class="com.custom.ws.listner.RPCListnerService"/>

</beans>