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Java parsing XML document gives “Content not allowed in prolog” error

I am trying to run a program in Java that takes a custom XML file and parses it. I'm using the XML file for storage. I am getting the following error in the error logs.
WARN - OtherFault:
javax.xml.bind.UnmarshalException: Content is not allowed in prolog.
- with linked exception:
[org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Content is not allowed in prolog.]
at com.wsc.cca.ns20100530.fault.xml.impl.runtime.SAXUnmarshallerHandlerImpl.handleEvent(Unknown Source)
at com.wsc.cca.ns20100530.fault.xml.impl.runtime.ErrorHandlerAdaptor.propagateEvent(Unknown Source)
at com.wsc.cca.ns20100530.fault.xml.impl.runtime.ErrorHandlerAdaptor.fatalError(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:177)
at com.wsc.cca.ns20100530.fault.xml.impl.runtime.ErrorHandlerAdaptor.fatalError(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:177)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:388)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLScanner.reportFatalError(XMLScanner.java:1414)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$PrologDriver.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:1039)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:648)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:140)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:510)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:807)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:737)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:107)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1205)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:522)
at com.wsc.cca.ns20100530.fault.xml.impl.runtime.UnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal(Unknown Source)
at javax.xml.bind.helpers.AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal(AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.java:137)
at javax.xml.bind.helpers.AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal(AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.java:184)
at com.cts.util.CCARetrieveThread.run(CCARetrieveThread.java:325)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Content is not allowed in prolog.
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:195)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:174)
The beginning of the XML file is included:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<soapenv:Body>
<retrieveResponse xmlns="urn:wsc.com/cca/2010/05/30">
<Number>1234</Number>
<Info>
<ID>12</ID>
<Status>ACTIVE</Status>
<ClosedDate xsi:nil="true"/>
<Info>
<To>1</To>
<From>2</From>
<Date>2011-05-16-04:00</Date>
</Info>
<Multi>true</Multi>
<CardExpiryDate>2012-12-03-05:00</CardExpiryDate>
</Info>
<PInfo>
<PID>000005471</PID>
<Title xsi:nil="true"/>
<FName>TAYLOR</FName>
<LName>NGWHIP</LName>
<Language>en</Language>
<PRelationship>PRIMARY</PRelationship>
<Number>1234</Number>
<TravelVIP xsi:nil="true"/>
<DesignatedUser1 xsi:nil="true"/>
<DesignatedUser2 xsi:nil="true"/>
</PInfo>
</retrieveResponse>
</soapenv:Body></soapenv:Envelope>
The program is able to read in the XML file. I get the error above.
Here is a code snippet:
if (pAWSType == Constants.AWS_CASHBACK) {
sLogger.info("Setting stub parameter for Cashback");
File lStubFile = new File(lConfig.getString("com.CCAWS.STUB.FilePath")+"CCBResponse-"+pAcctNum+".xml");
if (!lStubFile.exists()) {
mRetrieveThread = new CCARetrieveThread(new File(lConfig.getString("com.CCAWS.STUB.FilePath")+"CCBResponse.xml"));
} else {
mRetrieveThread = new CCARetrieveThread(lStubFile);
}
} else {
sLogger.info("Setting stub parameter for Travel Points");
File lStubFile = new File(lConfig.getString("com.CCAWS.STUB.FilePath")+"CCAResponse-"+pAcctNum+".xml");
if (!lStubFile.exists()) {
mRetrieveThread = new CCARetrieveThread(new File(lConfig.getString("com.CCAWS.STUB.FilePath")+"CCAResponse.xml"));
} else {
mRetrieveThread = new CCARetrieveThread(lStubFile);
}
}
It doesn't seem to me that I have invalid content in the prolog of my XML file. I can't figure out what is wrong. Please help. Thanks.

It usually means you have some hidden character at the beginning of the xml file.
Try opening it with an editor and view all characters and make sure there isn't a hidden character.

This error often means that the content you are trying to parse is either empty or is not well-formed XML.
In your case, it looks like some of your ending tags are missing. Where is the ending tag like </retrieveResponse> or </soapenv:Body>?

Failed to read schema document after Maven package

I am new to Maven and Spring, and would appreciate some help.
When running the program from Eclipse, everything is fine. The application context loads correctly and all beans are loaded.
I then used mvn clean package to build a MyApp.jar
When I run the the jar using java -jar MyApp.jar, I get the error Failed to read schema document
Some more info:
I included the Spring configuration file,init.xml under src/main/resources
such that is included in the built jar
The Spring config is loaded in the main class with
config = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("init.xml");
Some other config files will also be needed, and is contained in /etc/resources/ which lies in the same directory as myApp.jar
myApp.jar is built with dependencies
I have tested this approach with a jar built by Netbeans 7.4, and had no problems at all, only when I moved to Maven I ran into this problem.
I have a solid internet connection, so I don't understand the 'connection refused' (inn stacktrace)
Here is the stacktrace:
Apr 15, 2014 10:04:30 AMorg.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext prepareRefresh
INFO: Refreshing org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext#13a4071a: startup date [Tue Apr 15 10:04:30 SAST 2014]; root of context hierarchy
Apr 15, 2014 10:04:30 AM org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader loadBeanDefinitions
INFO: Loading XML bean definitions from class path resource [init.xml]
Apr 15, 2014 10:04:30 AM org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader warning
WARNING: Ignored XML validation warning
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 14; columnNumber: 33; schema_reference.4: Failed to read schema document 'http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd', because 1) could not find the document; 2) the document could not be read; 3) the root element of the document is not <xsd:schema>.
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:198)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.warning(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:99)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:433)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:347)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.traversers.XSDHandler.reportSchemaErr(XSDHandler.java:4166)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.traversers.XSDHandler.reportSchemaWarning(XSDHandler.java:4157)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.traversers.XSDHandler.getSchemaDocument1(XSDHandler.java:2490)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.traversers.XSDHandler.getSchemaDocument(XSDHandler.java:2187)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.traversers.XSDHandler.parseSchema(XSDHandler.java:573)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.XMLSchemaLoader.loadSchema(XMLSchemaLoader.java:616)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator.findSchemaGrammar(XMLSchemaValidator.java:2453)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator.handleStartElement(XMLSchemaValidator.java:1772)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator.emptyElement(XMLSchemaValidator.java:766)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:355)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2778)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:606)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:117)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:510)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:848)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:777)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:141)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.DOMParser.parse(DOMParser.java:243)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(DocumentBuilderImpl.java:347)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultDocumentLoader.loadDocument(DefaultDocumentLoader.java:76)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadDocument(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:428)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:390)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:335)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:303)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:180)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:216)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:187)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:251)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractXmlApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractXmlApplicationContext.java:127)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractXmlApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractXmlApplicationContext.java:93)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:129)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.obtainFreshBeanFactory(AbstractApplicationContext.java:540)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:454)
at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:139)
at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:83)
at za.co.easypay.flexi.simulators.afs.simulator.SimulatorMain.init(SimulatorMain.java:195)
at za.co.easypay.flexi.simulators.afs.simulator.SimulatorMain.main(SimulatorMain.java:98)
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:339)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:200)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:182)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:579)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:528)
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:180)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:432)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:527)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(HttpClient.java:211)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:308)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:326)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(HttpURLConnection.java:996)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:932)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(HttpURLConnection.java:850)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1300)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLEntityManager.setupCurrentEntity(XMLEntityManager.java:637)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLVersionDetector.determineDocVersion(XMLVersionDetector.java:189)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.opti.SchemaParsingConfig.parse(SchemaParsingConfig.java:582)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.opti.SchemaParsingConfig.parse(SchemaParsingConfig.java:685)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.opti.SchemaDOMParser.parse(SchemaDOMParser.java:530)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.traversers.XSDHandler.getSchemaDocument(XSDHandler.java:2175)
More stacktrace:
Exception in thread "main" org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException: Line 14 in XML document from class path resource [init.xml] is invalid; nested exception is org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 14; columnNumber: 33; cvc-complex-type.2.4.c: The matching wildcard is strict, but no declaration can be found for element 'context:annotation-config'.
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:398)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:335)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:303)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:180)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:216)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:187)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:251)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractXmlApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractXmlApplicationContext.java:127)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractXmlApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractXmlApplicationContext.java:93)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:129)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.obtainFreshBeanFactory(AbstractApplicationContext.java:540)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:454)
at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:139)
at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:83)
at za.co.easypay.flexi.simulators.afs.simulator.SimulatorMain.init(SimulatorMain.java:195)
at za.co.easypay.flexi.simulators.afs.simulator.SimulatorMain.main(SimulatorMain.java:98)
Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 14; columnNumber: 33; cvc-complex-type.2.4.c: The matching wildcard is strict, but no declaration can be found for element 'context:annotation-config'.
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:198)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.error(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:134)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:437)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:368)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:325)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator$XSIErrorReporter.reportError(XMLSchemaValidator.java:458)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator.reportSchemaError(XMLSchemaValidator.java:3237)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator.handleStartElement(XMLSchemaValidator.java:1917)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator.emptyElement(XMLSchemaValidator.java:766)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:355)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2778)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:606)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:117)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:510)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:848)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:777)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:141)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.DOMParser.parse(DOMParser.java:243)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(DocumentBuilderImpl.java:347)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultDocumentLoader.loadDocument(DefaultDocumentLoader.java:76)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadDocument(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:428)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:390)
... 15 more
Some of init.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns= "http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi= "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:p= "http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
xmlns:aop= "http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
xsi:schemaLocation= "http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop
http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-4.0.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd">
<context:annotation-config/>
<context:component-scan base-package="location.of.my.app"/>
<!-- Some bean definitions -->
...
...
...
</beans>
Again, when I run the main method from Eclipse, all beans are loaded and the applications starts successfully.
Is it possible for this to happen because all the Spring dependencies are contained in the myApp.jar? Or maybe because the init.xml is contained in the myApp.jar? Or is it possible that I'm getting Spring errors caused by Maven packaging methods?
Thanks in advance.

Due to the fact that I have received no answers and I found a way to fix the problem.
It seems, when the Spring Application Context, or in my case;
config = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("init.xml")
is built, the schema locations of the *.xds documents are mapped to the location of the *.xds documents inside the local library. The mappings are contained in META-INF/spring.schemas and META-INF/spring.handlers
Thus, in my case, when config was initialised, each schemaLocation was compared to the known local versions of the *.xds document in question. The same happens when handlers are loaded.
So this is how I solved it.
PROBLEM 1
In the case of a incorrect or missing entry in META-INF/spring.schemas
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 14; columnNumber: 33;
schema_reference.4: Failed to read schema document 'http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd', because
1) could not find the document;
2) the document could not be read;
3) the root element of the document is not <xsd:schema>
SOLUTION 1
This can be fixed by simply adding the reference to META-INF/spring.schemas for spring-context-3.0.xsd, like so:
http\://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.0.xsd=org/springframework/context/config/spring-context-4.0.xsd
PROBLEM 2
or in the case of a incorrect or missing entry in META-INF/spring.handlers
Configuration problem: Unable to locate Spring NamespaceHandler for XML schema namespace [http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop]
Offending resource: class path resource [init.xml]
SOLUTION 2
This can be fixed by adding the following line to META-INF/spring.handlers
http\://www.springframework.org/schema/aop=org.springframework.aop.config.AopNamespaceHandler
If I am not mistaken a bug in the maven-assembly-plugin. The solution I provided is not permanent and will be need after each JAR build by Maven. Some more robust and effective solutions are available but for my purposes this was fine.
Sources:
Need understanding of spring.handlers and spring.schemas
Unable to locate Spring NamespaceHandler for XML schema namespace [http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch]

What causes java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: when trying to deploy .ear in weblogic?

I am trying to deploy an EAR file. I am new to weblogic. I am using oracle enterprise pack for eclipse. I have a running weblogic server. I created an Enterprise Application Project
My application.xml is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
<application xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:application="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/application_5.xsd" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/application_5.xsd" version="5">
<display-name>My App</display-name>
<module>
<ejb>appEJB.jar</ejb>
</module>
<module>
<web>
<web-uri>app.war</web-uri>
<context-root>app</context-root>
</web>
</module>
</application>
my weblogic-application.xml is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<wls:weblogic-application xmlns:wls="http://xmlns.oracle.com/weblogic/weblogic- application" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/javaee_5.xsd http://xmlns.oracle.com/weblogic/weblogic-application http://xmlns.oracle.com/weblogic/weblogic-application/1.1/weblogic-application.xsd">
<!--weblogic-version:10.3.3-->
<wls:application-param>
<wls:param-name>webapp.encoding.default</wls:param-name>
<wls:param-value>UTF-8</wls:param-value>
</wls:application-param>
</wls:weblogic-application>
I get the error Module named 'EARNAME' failed to deploy. See Error log.
The error log has this stack Trace:
java.lang.Exception: Exception received from deployment driver. See Error Log view for more detail.
at oracle.eclipse.tools.weblogic.server.internal.DeploymentProgressListener.watch(DeploymentProgressListener.java:190)
at oracle.eclipse.tools.weblogic.server.internal.WlsJ2EEDeploymentHelper.deploy(WlsJ2EEDeploymentHelper.java:506)
at oracle.eclipse.tools.weblogic.server.internal.WeblogicServerBehaviour.publishWeblogicModules(WeblogicServerBehaviour.java:1466)
at oracle.eclipse.tools.weblogic.server.internal.WeblogicServerBehaviour.publishToServer(WeblogicServerBehaviour.java:898)
at oracle.eclipse.tools.weblogic.server.internal.WeblogicServerBehaviour.publishOnce(WeblogicServerBehaviour.java:686)
at oracle.eclipse.tools.weblogic.server.internal.WeblogicServerBehaviour.publish(WeblogicServerBehaviour.java:539)
at org.eclipse.wst.server.core.model.ServerBehaviourDelegate.publish(ServerBehaviourDelegate.java:774)
at org.eclipse.wst.server.core.internal.Server.publishImpl(Server.java:3108)
at org.eclipse.wst.server.core.internal.Server$PublishJob.run(Server.java:345)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:53)
Caused by: java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: Files/OracleWebLogic/Middleware/wlserver_10.3/server/lib/../../../modules/features/weblogic.server.modules_10.3.3.0.jar
at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:567)
at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:464)
at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:413)
at sun.rmi.server.LoaderHandler.pathToURLs(LoaderHandler.java:751)
at sun.rmi.server.LoaderHandler.loadClass(LoaderHandler.java:147)
at java.rmi.server.RMIClassLoader$2.loadClass(RMIClassLoader.java:620)
at java.rmi.server.RMIClassLoader.loadClass(RMIClassLoader.java:247)
at sun.rmi.server.MarshalInputStream.resolveClass(MarshalInputStream.java:197)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readNonProxyDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1575)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readClassDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1496)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1732)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1329)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readArray(ObjectInputStream.java:1667)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1323)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:351)
at java.rmi.MarshalledObject.get(MarshalledObject.java:142)
at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl$6.run(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1513)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.unwrap(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1505)
at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.access$500(RMIConnectionImpl.java:72)
at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl$7.run(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1548)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.unwrap(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1544)
at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.invoke(RMIConnectionImpl.java:771)
at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl_WLSkel.invoke(Unknown Source)
at weblogic.rmi.internal.BasicServerRef.invoke(BasicServerRef.java:589)
at weblogic.rmi.internal.BasicServerRef$1.run(BasicServerRef.java:477)
at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:363)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:147)
at weblogic.rmi.internal.BasicServerRef.handleRequest(BasicServerRef.java:473)
at weblogic.rmi.internal.wls.WLSExecuteRequest.run(WLSExecuteRequest.java:118)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:201)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:173)
What could be the cause of this failur to deploy? I know the server is running and when I successfully access the gui at localhost:7001/console
I exported the .ear file to the autodeploy folder. Also put a module (.jar) in it.
New Exception:
java.lang.Exception: Exception received from deployment driver. See Error Log view for more detail.
at oracle.eclipse.tools.weblogic.server.internal.DeploymentProgressListener.watch(DeploymentProgressListener.java:190)
at oracle.eclipse.tools.weblogic.server.internal.WlsJ2EEDeploymentHelper.deploy(WlsJ2EEDeploymentHelper.java:506)
at oracle.eclipse.tools.weblogic.server.internal.WeblogicServerBehaviour.publishWeblogicModules(WeblogicServerBehaviour.java:1466)
at oracle.eclipse.tools.weblogic.server.internal.WeblogicServerBehaviour.publishToServer(WeblogicServerBehaviour.java:898)
at oracle.eclipse.tools.weblogic.server.internal.WeblogicServerBehaviour.publishOnce(WeblogicServerBehaviour.java:686)
at oracle.eclipse.tools.weblogic.server.internal.WeblogicServerBehaviour.publish(WeblogicServerBehaviour.java:539)
at org.eclipse.wst.server.core.model.ServerBehaviourDelegate.publish(ServerBehaviourDelegate.java:774)
at org.eclipse.wst.server.core.internal.Server.publishImpl(Server.java:3108)
at org.eclipse.wst.server.core.internal.Server$PublishJob.run(Server.java:345)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:54)
Caused by: weblogic.application.ModuleException:
at weblogic.ejb.container.deployer.EJBModule.init(EJBModule.java:332)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleListenerInvoker.init(ModuleListenerInvoker.java:167)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.InitModulesFlow.initModule(InitModulesFlow.java:285)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.InitModulesFlow.initModules(InitModulesFlow.java:298)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.InitModulesFlow.prepare(InitModulesFlow.java:330)
at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment$1.next(BaseDeployment.java:1221)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:41)
at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment.prepare(BaseDeployment.java:367)
at weblogic.application.internal.EarDeployment.prepare(EarDeployment.java:58)
at weblogic.application.internal.DeploymentStateChecker.prepare(DeploymentStateChecker.java:154)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.AppContainerInvoker.prepare(AppContainerInvoker.java:60)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.createAndPrepareContainer(ActivateOperation.java:207)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.doPrepare(ActivateOperation.java:98)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.prepare(AbstractOperation.java:217)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleDeploymentPrepare(DeploymentManager.java:747)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.prepareDeploymentList(DeploymentManager.java:1216)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handlePrepare(DeploymentManager.java:250)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentServiceDispatcher.prepare(DeploymentServiceDispatcher.java:159)
at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.doPrepareCallback(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:171)
at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.access$000(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:13)
at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer$1.run(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:46)
at weblogic.work.SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl.java:528)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:201)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:173)
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: Unable to find ejb-jar with uri appEJB.jar in ear at C:\Users\Jonathan.Rosenski\workspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.resources\.projects\EAR\beadep\base_domain\EAR\split_src
at weblogic.ejb.spi.EJBJar.<init>(EJBJar.java:81)
at weblogic.ejb.container.deployer.EJBModule.buildClassFinder(EJBModule.java:199)
at weblogic.ejb.container.deployer.EJBModule.init(EJBModule.java:311)

This looks like a problem caused by a space in a directory name. Looking at the error message:
Caused by: java.net.MalformedURLException:
no protocol:
Files/OracleWebLogic/Middleware/wlserver_10.3/server/lib/../../../modules/features/weblogic.server.modules_10.3.3.0.jar
It seems that the jar file is being referenced by URL as "file://c:/Program Files/OracleWebLogic..." and the space in "Program Files" is causing the exception.
Can you try moving your Install to a different directory, like c:/OracleWebLogic?

This might help somebody.
Remove all occurrences of "wls:" from weblogic.xml (in your case it is weblogic-application.xml) & hopefully it should run fine.
At least it worked for me.

Following on from EJK's correct answer above, I'd just like to add the following work around for anyone getting a similar error.
The way to resolve this is to repace all spaces in the path name with %20, and is a consequence of this Java nuance: MaformedURLException Bug.
For me, this issue arose when trying to specify java VM arguments - more specifically, when trying to specify a codebase for my registry whose path contained spaces.
rmiregistry -J-Djava.rmi.server.codebase="file:/Users/matt/Path With Spaces/"
As the path is in fact treated as a URL, the correct path should be:
rmiregistry -J-Djava.rmi.server.codebase="file:/Users/matt/Path%20With%20Spaces/"
For completeness, I'd like to point out that this error will not actually be thrown when the rmiregistry is run, but when you try run a program that connects to the registry.

Duplicate namespace prefix in SOAP XML error

We are sending the following SOAP XML to the server
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<SOAP-ENV:Header/>
<SOAP-ENV:Body>
<ns2:search xmlns:ns2="http://search.tbx.codegen.it">
<arg0/>
<arg1/>
<arg2 xmlns:ns4="http://criteria.search.tbx.codegen.it" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="ns4:AccomSearchCriteria">
<adult>1</adult>
...
</arg2>
<arg3>50</arg3>
</ns2:search>
</SOAP-ENV:Body></SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
But server encountrs errors for this as follows
SEVERE: Couldn't create SOAP message due to exception: XML reader error: com.ctc.wstx.exc.WstxParsingException: Duplicate declaration for namespace prefix 'SOAP-ENV'.
at [row,col {unknown-source}]: [1,132]
com.sun.xml.ws.protocol.soap.MessageCreationException: Couldn't create SOAP message due to exception: XML reader error: com.ctc.wstx.exc.WstxParsingException: Duplicate declaration for namespace prefix 'SOAP-ENV'.
at [row,col {unknown-source}]: [1,132]
at com.sun.xml.ws.encoding.SOAPBindingCodec.decode(SOAPBindingCodec.java:359)
at com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.HttpAdapter.decodePacket(HttpAdapter.java:318)
Is there any thing wrong with the XML message we are sending (Duplicate namespace prefix 'SOAP-ENV')?
Thank you all in advance

Unable to locate Spring NamespaceHandler for XML schema namespace [http://jboss.org/xml/ns/javax/validation/configuration]

I am using spring 3, hibernate validator 4. My unit test is running fine. But i am getting this(see below) for my functional test, have i miss out some dependencies?
Dependencies i had added for hibernate validator:
validation-api-1.0.0.GA.jar
hibernate-validator-4.0.2.GA.jar
Here's my the content of validation.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<validation-config xmlns="http://jboss.org/xml/ns/javax/validation/configuration"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://jboss.org/xml/ns/javax/validation/configuration
http://jboss.org/xml/ns/javax/validation/configuration/validation-configuration-1.0.xsd">
<default-provider>org.hibernate.validator.HibernateValidator</default-provider>
<message-interpolator>org.hibernate.validator.engine.ResourceBundleMessageInterpolator</message-interpolator>
<traversable-resolver>org.hibernate.validator.engine.resolver.DefaultTraversableResolver</traversable-resolver>
<constraint-validator-factory>org.hibernate.validator.engine.ConstraintValidatorFactoryImpl</constraint-validator-factory>
<!-- <configuration:constraint-mapping>constraints-user.xml</configuration:constraint-mapping> -->
</validation-config>
The error:
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.BeanDefinitionParsingException: Configuration problem: Unable to locate Spring NamespaceHandler for XML schema namespace [http://jboss.org/xml/ns/javax/validation/configuration]
Offending resource: class path resource [hibernate/validation.xml]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.FailFastProblemReporter.error(FailFastProblemReporter.java:68)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.ReaderContext.error(ReaderContext.java:85)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.ReaderContext.error(ReaderContext.java:80)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.error(BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.java:284)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.parseCustomElement(BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.java:1332)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.parseCustomElement(BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.java:1325)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.parseBeanDefinitions(DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.java:142)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.registerBeanDefinitions(DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.java:93)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.registerBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:493)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:390)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:334)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:302)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:143)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:178)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.importBeanDefinitionResource(DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.java:187)
... 57 more
I have search around and i found no solution =(. Any idea? thank you~!

validation.xml is not a Spring config file, you shouldn't try to load it with Spring.