Web service fails to deploy with javax.wsdl.WSDLException: WSDLException: faultCode=INVALID_WSDL

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Issue

  • We receive the following exception when we deploy a web service:
Caused by: javax.wsdl.WSDLException: WSDLException: faultCode=INVALID_WSDL: Could not determine element name from header: {http://example.com}PortName->HeaderName
        at org.jboss.ws.tools.wsdl.WSDL11Reader.processBindingReference(WSDL11Reader.java:1453)
        at org.jboss.ws.tools.wsdl.WSDL11Reader.processBindingInput(WSDL11Reader.java:1366)
        at org.jboss.ws.tools.wsdl.WSDL11Reader.processBindingOperation(WSDL11Reader.java:1317)
        at org.jboss.ws.tools.wsdl.WSDL11Reader.processBindingOperations(WSDL11Reader.java:1277)
        at org.jboss.ws.tools.wsdl.WSDL11Reader.processBinding(WSDL11Reader.java:1107)
        at org.jboss.ws.tools.wsdl.WSDL11Reader.processPort(WSDL11Reader.java:1614)
        at org.jboss.ws.tools.wsdl.WSDL11Reader.processPorts(WSDL11Reader.java:1599)
        at org.jboss.ws.tools.wsdl.WSDL11Reader.processServices(WSDL11Reader.java:1569)
        at org.jboss.ws.tools.wsdl.WSDL11Reader.processDefinition(WSDL11Reader.java:177)
        at org.jboss.ws.tools.wsdl.WSDLDefinitionsFactory.parse(WSDLDefinitionsFactory.java:128)
        ... 36 more
  • When attempting to make a call to Web Service endpoint, the following error is reported
Caused by: javax.wsdl.WSDLException: WSDLException (at /soap:Envelope): faultCode=INVALID_WSDL: Expected element '{http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/}definitions'.

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 4.x
    • 5.x
    • 6.x

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