[XMLRPC-114] Exception thrown when "content length optional" is true

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.1
• Environment: OpenSuse 10.0; JDK/JRE 1.5.0_06-b05
• Assignee: Jochen Wiedmann
• Reporter: Jimisola Laursen
• Created: 18/Sep/06 20:28
• Updated: 28/Nov/08 20:53
• Resolved: 20/Sep/06 07:29

Description

I created a small prototype to test sending files over XMLRPC using byte[].

It fails however and it fails even with a simply RPC method (echo) that just returns the String parameter.

I'll provide a test project in an attachment.

Client:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException
at $Proxy0.echo(Unknown Source)
at xmlrpctest.Client.main(Client.java:32)
Caused by: org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException: Failed to parse XML-RPC request: Content is not allowed in prolog.
at org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcStreamTransport.readResponse(XmlRpcStreamTransport.java:186)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcStreamTransport.sendRequest(XmlRpcStreamTransport.java:145)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcHttpTransport.sendRequest(XmlRpcHttpTransport.java:94)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcClientWorker.execute(XmlRpcClientWorker.java:53)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcClient.execute(XmlRpcClient.java:166)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcClient.execute(XmlRpcClient.java:136)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcClient.execute(XmlRpcClient.java:125)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.client.util.ClientFactory$1.invoke(ClientFactory.java:108)
... 2 more

Server:

[Fatal Error] :1:1: Content is not allowed in prolog.
Sep 18, 2006 10:23:13 PM org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcStreamServer execute
SEVERE: execute: Error while performing request
org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException: Failed to parse XML-RPC request: Content is not allowed in prolog.
at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcStreamServer.getRequest(XmlRpcStreamServer.java:66)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcStreamServer.execute(XmlRpcStreamServer.java:190)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.webserver.Connection.run(Connection.java:176)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.util.ThreadPool$MyThread.runTask(ThreadPool.java:71)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.util.ThreadPool$MyThread.run(ThreadPool.java:87)
Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Content is not allowed in prolog.
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1269)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcStreamServer.getRequest(XmlRpcStreamServer.java:60)
... 4 more
Caused by:
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Content is not allowed in prolog.
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1269)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcStreamServer.getRequest(XmlRpcStreamServer.java:60)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcStreamServer.execute(XmlRpcStreamServer.java:190)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.webserver.Connection.run(Connection.java:176)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.util.ThreadPool$MyThread.runTask(ThreadPool.java:71)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.util.ThreadPool$MyThread.run(ThreadPool.java:87)