SOAP Server was unable to process request - soap

Question

I have a problem about SOAP request.I want to explain what am I doing.
This is my SOAP request.
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:web="http://www.webserviceX.NET">
<soapenv:Header/>
<soapenv:Body>
<web:GetWeather>
<!--Optional:-->
<web:CityName>Istanbul</web:CityName>
<!--Optional:-->
<web:CountryName>Turkey</web:CountryName>
</web:GetWeather>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
Endpoint : http://www.webservicex.net/globalweather.asmx
WSDL link : http://www.webservicex.net/globalweather.asmx?WSDL
Also this is my code.
public static void main(String args[]) {
try {
// Create SOAP Connection
SOAPConnectionFactory soapConnectionFactory = SOAPConnectionFactory
.newInstance();
SOAPConnection soapConnection = soapConnectionFactory
.createConnection();
// Send SOAP Message to SOAP Server
String url = "http://www.webservicex.net/globalweather.asmx?WSDL";
// SOAPMessage soapResponse =
SOAPMessage soapResponse = soapConnection.call(createSOAPRequest(),
url);
// Process the SOAP Response
printSOAPResponse(soapResponse);
soapConnection.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println("Error occurred while sending SOAP Request to Server");
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
private static SOAPMessage createSOAPRequest() throws Exception {
MessageFactory messageFactory = MessageFactory.newInstance();
SOAPMessage soapMessage = messageFactory.createMessage();
SOAPPart soapPart = soapMessage.getSOAPPart();
String serverURL = "http://www.webserviceX.NET/";
SOAPEnvelope envelope = soapPart.getEnvelope();
envelope.addNamespaceDeclaration("web", serverURL);
// SOAP Body
SOAPBody soapBody = envelope.getBody();
SOAPElement soapElement = soapBody.addChildElement("GetWeather", "web");
SOAPElement soapElement1 = soapElement.addChildElement("CityName",
"web");
soapElement1.addTextNode("Istanbul");
SOAPElement soapElement2 = soapElement.addChildElement("CountryName",
"web");
soapElement2.addTextNode("Turkey");
MimeHeaders headers = soapMessage.getMimeHeaders();
headers.addHeader("SOAPAction", serverURL + "GetWeather");
soapMessage.saveChanges();
return soapMessage;
}
/**
* Method used to print the SOAP Response
*/
private static void printSOAPResponse(SOAPMessage soapResponse)
throws Exception {
TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory
.newInstance();
Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer();
Source sourceContent = soapResponse.getSOAPPart().getContent();
System.out.print("\nResponse SOAP Message = ");
StreamResult result = new StreamResult(System.out);
transformer.transform(sourceContent, result);
}}
As a result, I got "Server was unable to process.Procedure or function 'getWeather' expects parameter '#CountryName', which was not supplied."
What does it mean ? Why am I taking this exception ?
Any suggestion about solution ?

Answer 1

You are using the variable serverUrl as both the HTTP server URL and as the XML namespace name. They are close but not exactly the same. The namespace name is http://www.webserviceX.NET but your server URL is http://www.webserviceX.NET/ (notice the trailing slash). The string for an XML namespace must be an exact match to the namespace name in the schema.
Recommend you create a separate variable for the namespace (or just inline it):
String serverURL = "http://www.webserviceX.NET/";
SOAPEnvelope envelope = soapPart.getEnvelope();
envelope.addNamespaceDeclaration("web", "http://www.webserviceX.NET");
...
With this change, your code works for me.