NullPointerException While Invoking WebServices Having Complex WSDL's (WSDL With External XSD References) (Doc ID 876171.1)

Last updated on DECEMBER 15, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

If the webservice wsdl has external references (for eg. Referencing external XSDs), then make a service callout or Route node to that service (through business service) may fail with the below exception trace. Exception trace will get printed only if we enable the transports debug in alsbdebug.xml file.

ERROR
Web service security validation error in proxysvc accessing a wsdl businesssvc
An error occurred during web service security validation: null

When you enable alsbtransport debug, you get the below NullPointerException in the logs.
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.bea.wli.sb.resources.wsdl.WsdlDependencyHelper.getDependencies(WsdlDependencyHelper.java:155)
at com.bea.wli.sb.resources.wsdl.WsdlDependencyHelper.getDependencies(WsdlDependencyHelper.java:150)
at com.bea.wli.sb.resources.wsdl.WsdlDependencyHelper.getWsdlDependencies(WsdlDependencyHelper.java:51)
at com.bea.wli.sb.resources.wsdl.EffectiveWSDLDTD.createEffectiveWSDLForService(EffectiveWSDLDTD.java:508)
............

Cause

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