[AXIS2-5199] Deserialization of an array type property of a bean, while calling a web-service operation with an array of beans in the request, gives error

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.6.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.6.2, 1.7.0
• Component/s: adb, client-api, databinding
• Environment: ADB data-binding at client-side and and axis2 version is 1.6.0.
• Assignee: Sagara Gunathunga
• Reporter: TAM Tenfold5
• Created: 26/Nov/11 09:56
• Updated: 23/Feb/12 14:12
• Resolved: 22/Feb/12 09:19

Description

I have described beans as follows:
public class A implements Serializable {
private String prop1;
private Date prop2;
private Integer prop3;
private Double prop4;
private B[] propArrayB;
private C[] propArrayC;
//getter and setter methods
}

public class B implements Serializable {
private String prop1;
private Date prop2;
private Integer prop3;
private Double prop4;
//getter and setter methods
}

public class C implements Serializable {
private String prop1;
private Date prop2;
private Integer prop3;
private Double prop4;
//getter and setter methods
}

I have implemented a web-service with an exposed operation as:
public boolean saveAes(A[] aes, String token)

The below line is giving an error, and finally a java.lang.StackOverflowError is thrown:
org.apache.axis2.databinding.utils.BeanUtil.deserialize(BeanUtil.java:467)

The error seems to be at the server-side before the object in SOAP request is deserialized into POJO. The web-service operation is not getting called (log statements within implemented 'init' method of org.apache.axis2.service.Lifecycle and the web-service operation are not seen).

I am able to obtain request message from the MessageContext and the soap message structure of request message seems ok.

I have another web-service operation in which sends a bean containing A[] in response. The above error is not seen in this case. So I think this issue is only when an array is sent to server packaged within a bean, and not when server is sending back a similar object in response.

Regards,
TAM Tenfold5

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: AXIS2-5195 Infinite loop when deserializing an array that enclosed by a parent element with xsi:type attribute.