Grails Exception: Mapping qname not fond for the package: grails.validation - web-services

Question

I am trying to build a simple SOAP web service (basic CRUD) using Grails with Apache Axis2 Plugin.
All works well with methods that have a simple return type (like String, int).
The problem is when I try to retrieve a domain class object:
class Hotel {
static mapping = {
datasource 'hotel'
table 'hotel'
version false
hotelId column:'id', insertable: false, updateable: false
hotelName column:'hotel_name', sqlType:'varchar', name:'hotelName'
}
Integer hotelId
String hotelName
static constraints = {
hotelId(max: 2147483647)
hotelName(size:1..100)
}
}
I have the following methods, inside my service class:
class HotelService {
static expose=['axis2']
boolean transactional = false
String sayHello(String name) {
return "Hello ${name}!"
}
Hotel soapGetHotel(int id){
return Hotel.get(id)
}
}
Executing a curl for soapGetHotel(int id) gives me this error:
| Error 2012-11-13 15:29:46,142 [http-bio-8080-exec-3] ERROR engine.AxisEngine - java.lang.RuntimeException: org.apache.axis2.AxisFault: Mapping qname not fond for the package: grails.validation
Message: java.lang.RuntimeException: org.apache.axis2.AxisFault: Mapping qname not fond for the package: grails.validation
Please, see bellow my soap-xml file:
<soap:Envelope
xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"
soap:encodingStyle="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding">
<soap:Body xmlns:m="http://ws.com">
<m:soapGetHotel>
<m:id>13</m:id>
</m:soapGetHotel>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
And the curl command:
curl --verbose --request POST --header "Content-Type: application/soap+xml" --data #gethotel.xml http://localhost:8080/wsexample/services/hotel
I believe it has to do with axis that cannot find the mapping for the object. I tried resolving the issue as it is described in the accepted answer here: Axis2 not returning own objects, but no luck, I still get the error.
I followed all steps described in the axis2 grails documentation .
Any thoughts on how to solve this?
Thank you.

Answer 1

The Axis plugin is a rather old one and it seems that it has not been updated for the last 3 years. I would suggest to use the CXF plugin al an alternative. In our projects this worked out great!