SocketException: "Unexpected end of file from server" from JBoss Remoting client in EAP 5

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Issue

  • My JBossWS/JAX-WS client is receiving the following exception:
java.io.IOException: Could not transmit message
    at org.jboss.ws.core.client.HTTPRemotingConnection.invoke(HTTPRemotingConnection.java:267)
    at org.jboss.ws.core.client.SOAPProtocolConnectionHTTP.invoke(SOAPProtocolConnectionHTTP.java:71)
    at org.jboss.ws.core.CommonClient.invoke(CommonClient.java:360)
    at org.jboss.ws.core.jaxws.client.ClientImpl.invoke(ClientImpl.java:232)
    at org.jboss.ws.core.jaxws.client.ClientProxy.invoke(ClientProxy.java:171)
    at org.jboss.ws.core.jaxws.client.ClientProxy.invoke(ClientProxy.java:157)
        ...
Caused by: org.jboss.remoting.CannotConnectException: Can not connect http client invoker after 1 attempt(s)
    at org.jboss.remoting.transport.http.HTTPClientInvoker.makeInvocation(HTTPClientInvoker.java:271)
    at org.jboss.remoting.transport.http.HTTPClientInvoker.transport(HTTPClientInvoker.java:176)
    at org.jboss.remoting.MicroRemoteClientInvoker.invoke(MicroRemoteClientInvoker.java:169)
    at org.jboss.remoting.Client.invoke(Client.java:2070)
    at org.jboss.remoting.Client.invoke(Client.java:879)
    at org.jboss.ws.core.client.HTTPRemotingConnection.invoke(HTTPRemotingConnection.java:246)
    ... 69 more
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Unexpected end of file from server
    at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTPHeader(HttpClient.java:774)
    at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTP(HttpClient.java:633)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1195)
    at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(HttpURLConnection.java:379)
    at org.jboss.remoting.transport.http.HTTPClientInvoker.getResponseCode(HTTPClientInvoker.java:1325)
    at org.jboss.remoting.transport.http.HTTPClientInvoker.useHttpURLConnection(HTTPClientInvoker.java:372)
    at org.jboss.remoting.transport.http.HTTPClientInvoker.makeInvocation(HTTPClientInvoker.java:253)
    ... 74 more

Environment

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 5.x

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