NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/axis2/jaxws/description/DescriptionFactory error when making a soap call from Policy Xpress

Products

• CA Identity Manager

Issue/Introduction

The following error occurs when making any soap call via policy xpress:

2021-06-11 12:15:58,326 ERROR [ims.ui] (default task-44) Exception during page display:

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/axis2/jaxws/description/DescriptionFactory
    at org.apache.axis2.jaxws.spi.ServiceDelegate.<init>(ServiceDelegate.java:208)
    at org.apache.axis2.jaxws.spi.Provider.createServiceDelegate(Provider.java:59)
    at javax.xml.ws.Service.<init>(Service.java:112)
    at javax.xml.ws.Service.create(Service.java:801)
    at com.ca.identitymanager.policyxpress.plugins.data.PxDataWebServiceClient.getObject(PxDataWebServiceClient.java:245)
    at com.ca.identitymanager.policyxpress.structures.PxPolicy.setElementData(PxPolicy.java:102)
    at com.ca.identitymanager.policyxpress.structures.PxPolicy.buildElementValues(PxPolicy.java:94)

 

Environment

Release : 14.4

Component : IdentityMinder(Identity Manager)

Resolution

Remove axis2-jaxws- 1.4.1.jar reference from custom code and class path.

In Identity Manager 14.4 all of the "jaxws" classes from axis2-jaxws- 1.4.1.jar are now included in spring-web-4.0.5.RELEASE.jar. located in iam_im.ear/library.