Building SOAP Client Server Apps

[Dan Healy]

In the April, 2001 issue of JavaPro, on page 22 is an article by Patrick R.
Schonfeld, "Making SOAP out of Java".

I have downloaded the source from java-pro.com and all of the required supporting
systems from Sun and Apache, followed the instructions in the article, and
have almost got the sample to work.

When I invoke the Java interpreter to run SearchReadingList I get the following
error message:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/activation/DataSource
at org.apache.soap.rpc.call.<init>(Call.java:98)
at org.apache.soap.rpc.call.<init>(Call.java:91)
at samples.readinglist.SearchReadingList.main(searchReadingList.java:20)

I have installed and tested Tomcat and the Hello World page works.

I have installed, configured, and compiled the sample application.

I have registered the sample with SOAP giving the deployment details as follows:

Deployed Service Information
'urn:ReadingListManager' Service Deployment Descriptor
Property Details
ID urn:ReadingListManager
Scope Application
Provider Type java
Provider Class samples.readinglist.ReadingList
Use Static Class false
Methods searchList
Type Mappings
Default Mapping Registry Class

The CLASSPATH is:

c:\xerces-1_2_0\xerces.jar;.;c:\ApacheSoap\soap-2_1\lib\soap.jar;c:\javamail-1.2\mail.jar;c:\jaf-1.0.1\activation.jar

The command line is:

java samples.readinglist.SearchReadingList http://localhost:8080/soap/servlet/rpcrouter
"Author" "Anton Chekhov"

Getting this far has been a tremendous learning experience that I will be
glad to share with all that are interested -- especially if I can get this
last step to work.

Thanks,

Dan Healy

[Paul Clapham]

Well, "javax.activation.DataSource" is in my copy of activation.jar, which
allegedly is in your classpath. So you need to check that you have that jar
file, it contains the DataSource class, it's in the directory you said it
was in, that piece of code is using the classpath you think it is, and so
on.

PC2

"Dan Healy" <dhealy@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
news:3aedd761$1@news.devx.com...
>
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
javax/activation/DataSource
> The CLASSPATH is:
>
>
c:\xerces-1_2_0\xerces.jar;.;c:\ApacheSoap\soap-2_1\lib\soap.jar;c:\javamail
-1.2\mail.jar;c:\jaf-1.0.1\activation.jar
>

[Dan Healy]

"Paul Clapham" <pclapham@core-mark.com> wrote:
>Well, "javax.activation.DataSource" is in my copy of activation.jar, which
>allegedly is in your classpath. So you need to check that you have that
jar
>file, it contains the DataSource class, it's in the directory you said it
>was in, that piece of code is using the classpath you think it is, and so
>on.
>
>PC2
>
>"Dan Healy" <dhealy@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
>news:3aedd761$1@news.devx.com...
>>
>> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
>javax/activation/DataSource
>> The CLASSPATH is:
>>
>>
>c:\xerces-1_2_0\xerces.jar;.;c:\ApacheSoap\soap-2_1\lib\soap.jar;c:\javamail
>-1.2\mail.jar;c:\jaf-1.0.1\activation.jar
>>
>
>
>

[Dan Healy]

I opened activation.jar with WinZip and DataSource.class is in there.

"Paul Clapham" <pclapham@core-mark.com> wrote:
>Well, "javax.activation.DataSource" is in my copy of activation.jar, which
>allegedly is in your classpath. So you need to check that you have that
jar
>file, it contains the DataSource class, it's in the directory you said it
>was in, that piece of code is using the classpath you think it is, and so
>on.
>
>PC2
>
>"Dan Healy" <dhealy@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
>news:3aedd761$1@news.devx.com...
>>
>> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
>javax/activation/DataSource
>> The CLASSPATH is:
>>
>>
>c:\xerces-1_2_0\xerces.jar;.;c:\ApacheSoap\soap-2_1\lib\soap.jar;c:\javamail
>-1.2\mail.jar;c:\jaf-1.0.1\activation.jar
>>
>
>
>

[Cal Sparrow]

"Dan Healy" <dhealy@houston.rr.com> wrote:
>
>In the April, 2001 issue of JavaPro, on page 22 is an article by Patrick
R.
>Schonfeld, "Making SOAP out of Java".
>
>I have downloaded the source from java-pro.com and all of the required supporting
>systems from Sun and Apache, followed the instructions in the article, and
>have almost got the sample to work.
>
>When I invoke the Java interpreter to run SearchReadingList I get the following
>error message:
>
>Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/activation/DataSource
> at org.apache.soap.rpc.call.<init>(Call.java:98)
> at org.apache.soap.rpc.call.<init>(Call.java:91)
> at samples.readinglist.SearchReadingList.main(searchReadingList.java:20)
>
>I have installed and tested Tomcat and the Hello World page works.
>
>I have installed, configured, and compiled the sample application.
>
>I have registered the sample with SOAP giving the deployment details as
follows:
>
>Deployed Service Information
>'urn:ReadingListManager' Service Deployment Descriptor
>Property Details
>ID urn:ReadingListManager
>Scope Application
>Provider Type java
>Provider Class samples.readinglist.ReadingList
>Use Static Class false
>Methods searchList
>Type Mappings
>Default Mapping Registry Class
>
>The CLASSPATH is:
>
>c:\xerces-1_2_0\xerces.jar;.;c:\ApacheSoap\soap-2_1\lib\soap.jar;c:\javamail-1.2\mail.jar;c:\jaf-1.0.1\activation.jar
>
>The command line is:
>
>java samples.readinglist.SearchReadingList http://localhost:8080/soap/servlet/rpcrouter
>"Author" "Anton Chekhov"
>
>Getting this far has been a tremendous learning experience that I will be
>glad to share with all that are interested -- especially if I can get this
>last step to work.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dan Healy

I had the same problem. Make a copy of the activation.jar file and place
it in the javax directory. Add /javax/activation.jar to your classpath and
everything should work.
Cal Sparrow