Java WebService creation results in Error opening URL

[jdivis]

I am following along with some example code from Object-Oriented Actionscript for Flash 8 (pg 465). Example code that works:

import mx.services.WebService;
import mx.services.PendingCall;

var WS_URL:String = "http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna/webservices/mxna2.cfc?wsdl";
var mxna_ws:WebService = new WebService(this.WS_URL);
var categories_pc:PendingCall = this.mxna_ws.getCategories();
this.categories_pc.onResult = function(result_obj:Object):Void {
trace(result_obj);
}

But when I try to use the code above to create and call a Java WebService, the call fails with Error opening URL.

import mx.services.WebService;
import mx.services.PendingCall;

var WS_URL:String = "http://www.calcxml.com/services/RetirementWS?wsdl";
var ret09Params:String = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?><calcxmlRequest xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation=\"http://www.calcxml.com/schema/calcxmlRequest.xsd\" username=\"guest\" password=\"guest\" responseType=\"both\" version=\"1.1\"><xyChart><chartTitle>Chart Title</chartTitle><threeD>1</threeD><barColor>6D9D6D</barColor><barColor>CD3B3B</barColor><barColor>8C93A5</barColor><chartWidth>400</chartWidth><chartHeight>300</chartHeight></xyChart><dataTable><cssClassName>simpletable</cssClassName></dataTable><calcInput includeInResponse=\"true\"><det03><loanAmount>5000</loanAmount><interestRate>0.05</interestRate><termMonths>60</termMonths><amortization>1</amortization></det03></calcInput></calcxmlRequest>";
var calcXML_ws:WebService = new WebService(this.WS_URL);
var ret09_pc:PendingCall = this.calcXML_ws.ret09(ret09Params);
this.ret09_pc.onResult = function(result_obj:Object):Void {
trace(result_obj);
}

One thing that I've noticed with all other webservice examples, is that the wsdl URL ends with file.ext?wsdl, for cfc?wsdl and aspx?wsdl web service calls. Could it be that Java Web Services and actionscript don't play nice together?

When running the fla file that contains the 2nd example code above, I get the exact error:

Error opening URL "http://www.calcxml.com/services/RetirementWS"

Please note that the error contains a URL similar to the URL passed as the parameter for the wsdl URL, minus the ?wsdl.

Thanks in advance for help.

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[inhan]

In the first time I tried I got the same error. Then I never got that again. But now I'm getting another error in the onFault event handler:

this.ret09_pc.onFault = function(fault) {
    trace("error!");
    trace(fault.faultstring);
};

traces

error!
Element impl:ret09Response not resolvable

[jdivis]

When I add your onFault code, I get:

Error opening URL "http://www.calcxml.com/services/RetirementWS"
Error!
Unable to connect to endpoint: http://www.calcxml.com/services/RetirementWS

But your traces has helped me. Thank you!

I was not using the correct webservice for the input I was providing. I was providing input for a call to the det03 web service, but providing that input to the ret09 web service... Strange that we don't get the same errors though.

Thanks again for your help Ali.

[inhan]

Strange. Hope you can find a workaround though.