Description of problem: In class 'PaymentNotificationService', the @Autowire annotated property 'paymentProcessor' is always null. This class is annotated by @WebService annotation and extends the class 'SpringBeanAutowiringSupport', so the dependency injection should work. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): WFK2 Beta1, sportsclub example, spring-3.0 variant (likely other variants are affected too) EAP6 Beta How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. build and deploy sportsclub example 2. construct and send SOAP request for PaymentNotificationService's method notifyPayment(...) - you can use saopUI Actual results: 6:54:53,772 WARNING [org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain] (http-localhost-127.0.0.1-8080-2) Application {http://ws.sportsclub.samples.snowdrop.jboss.org/}PaymentNotificationServiceService#{http://ws.sportsclub.samples.snowdrop.jboss.org/}notifyPayment has thrown exception, unwinding now: org.apache.cxf.interceptor.Fault at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.JBossWSInvoker.createFault(JBossWSInvoker.java:246) at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.JBossWSInvoker._invokeInternal(JBossWSInvoker.java:201) at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.JBossWSInvoker.invoke(JBossWSInvoker.java:127) at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor$1.run(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:58) at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471) [rt.jar:1.6.0_22] at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:334) [rt.jar:1.6.0_22] at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:166) [rt.jar:1.6.0_22] at org.apache.cxf.workqueue.SynchronousExecutor.execute(SynchronousExecutor.java:37) at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor.handleMessage(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:106) at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:263) at org.apache.cxf.transport.ChainInitiationObserver.onMessage(ChainInitiationObserver.java:121) at org.apache.cxf.transport.http.AbstractHTTPDestination.invoke(AbstractHTTPDestination.java:207) at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.RequestHandlerImpl.handleHttpRequest(RequestHandlerImpl.java:91) at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.transport.ServletHelper.callRequestHandler(ServletHelper.java:169) at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.CXFServletExt.invoke(CXFServletExt.java:87) at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.handleRequest(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:185) at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.doPost(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:108) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:754) [jboss-servlet-api_3.0_spec-1.0.0.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.0.0.Final-redhat-1] at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.CXFServletExt.service(CXFServletExt.java:135) at org.jboss.wsf.spi.deployment.WSFServlet.service(WSFServlet.java:140) [jbossws-spi-2.0.2.GA-redhat-1.jar:2.0.2.GA-redhat-1] at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:847) [jboss-servlet-api_3.0_spec-1.0.0.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.0.0.Final-redhat-1] at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:329) [jbossweb-7.0.10.Final-redhat-1.jar:] at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:248) [jbossweb-7.0.10.Final-redhat-1.jar:] at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:369) [spring-security-web-3.0.7.RELEASE.jar:3.0.7.RELEASE] at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:109) [spring-security-web-3.0.7.RELEASE.jar:3.0.7.RELEASE] at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:83) [spring-security-web-3.0.7.RELEASE.jar:3.0.7.RELEASE] at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:381) [spring-security-web-3.0.7.RELEASE.jar:3.0.7.RELEASE] at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:97) [spring-security-web-3.0.7.RELEASE.jar:3.0.7.RELEASE] at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:381) [spring-security-web-3.0.7.RELEASE.jar:3.0.7.RELEASE] at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:105) [spring-security-web-3.0.7.RELEASE.jar:3.0.7.RELEASE] at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:381) [spring-security-web-3.0.7.RELEASE.jar:3.0.7.RELEASE] at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.preauth.AbstractPreAuthenticatedProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractPreAuthenticatedProcessingFilter.java:89) [spring-security-web-3.0.7.RELEASE.jar:3.0.7.RELEASE] at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:381) [spring-security-web-3.0.7.RELEASE.jar:3.0.7.RELEASE] at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:79) [spring-security-web-3.0.7.RELEASE.jar:3.0.7.RELEASE] at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:381) [spring-security-web-3.0.7.RELEASE.jar:3.0.7.RELEASE] at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:168) [spring-security-web-3.0.7.RELEASE.jar:3.0.7.RELEASE] at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:237) [spring-web.jar:3.0.7.RELEASE] at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:167) [spring-web.jar:3.0.7.RELEASE] at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:280) [jbossweb-7.0.10.Final-redhat-1.jar:] at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:248) [jbossweb-7.0.10.Final-redhat-1.jar:] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:275) [jbossweb-7.0.10.Final-redhat-1.jar:] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:161) [jbossweb-7.0.10.Final-redhat-1.jar:] at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:489) [jbossweb-7.0.10.Final-redhat-1.jar:] at org.jboss.as.web.security.SecurityContextAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityContextAssociationValve.java:154) [jboss-as-web-7.1.0.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.1.0.Final-redhat-1] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:155) [jbossweb-7.0.10.Final-redhat-1.jar:] at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102) [jbossweb-7.0.10.Final-redhat-1.jar:] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109) [jbossweb-7.0.10.Final-redhat-1.jar:] at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:368) [jbossweb-7.0.10.Final-redhat-1.jar:] at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:877) [jbossweb-7.0.10.Final-redhat-1.jar:] at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:671) [jbossweb-7.0.10.Final-redhat-1.jar:] at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:930) [jbossweb-7.0.10.Final-redhat-1.jar:] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:679) [rt.jar:1.6.0_22] Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.jboss.snowdrop.samples.sportsclub.ws.PaymentNotificationService.notifyPayment(PaymentNotificationService.java:31) [classes:] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) [rt.jar:1.6.0_22] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) [rt.jar:1.6.0_22] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) [rt.jar:1.6.0_22] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616) [rt.jar:1.6.0_22] at org.jboss.ws.common.invocation.AbstractInvocationHandlerJSE.invoke(AbstractInvocationHandlerJSE.java:111) at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.JBossWSInvoker._invokeInternal(JBossWSInvoker.java:181) ... 50 more Expected results: It passes.
Fixed by moving injection in PostConstruct code. Required because JAX-WS servlet endpoints are initialized before the ServletListeners in AS7.
Verified in WFK2 ER4
These example related issues are fixed in WFK 2.0.0. Documenting them as fixed issues is not required.