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FileNotFoundException in Eclipse when creating a webservice

I am using SpringSource Tool Suite Version: 2.8.1.RELEASE

Some time whenever I am stuck up at creating a simple web service:

I created a test project called WebService (File > New > Dynamic Project)
Following one online tutorial to create a web service, I created a class as:

package com.dineshonjava.ws;

import javax.jws.WebMethod;
import javax.jws.WebService;
import javax.jws.soap.SOAPBinding;
import javax.jws.soap.SOAPBinding.Style;

/**
 * @author Dinesh Rajput
 * Service Endpoint Interface
 */

@WebService
@SOAPBinding(style = Style.RPC)
public interface HelloWorld {
 @WebMethod 
 String sayHelloWorld(String name);
}

Next, I right Clicked WebServiceProject- > Web services > Create Web service
Type: Bottom up Java bean web service
Service implementation: com.dineshonjava.HelloWorldImpl

Upon clicking finish, i get the error:

IWAB0506E Error when copying Axis jar files to web project  
        java.io.FileNotFoundException: /lib/saaj.jar  
        at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.protocol.bundleentry.Handler.findBundleEntry(Handler.java:44)  
        at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleResourceHandler.openConnection(BundleResourceHandler.java:168)  
        at java.net.URL.openConnection(Unknown Source)  
        at java.net.URL.openStream(Unknown Source)  
        at org.eclipse.jst.ws.internal.axis.consumption.ui.task.CopyAxisJarCommand.copyIFile(CopyAxisJarCommand.java:187)  
        at org.eclipse.jst.ws.internal.axis.consumption.ui.task.CopyAxisJarCommand.copyAxisJarsToProject(CopyAxisJarCommand.java:156)  
        at org.eclipse.jst.ws.internal.axis.consumption.ui.task.CopyAxisJarCommand.execute(CopyAxisJarCommand.java:109)  
        at org.eclipse.jst.ws.internal.axis.creation.ui.command.BUCodeGenOperation$BottomUpWSModifyOperation.execute(BUCodeGenOperation.java:108)  
        at org.eclipse.jst.ws.internal.axis.creation.ui.command.BUCodeGenOperation.execute(BUCodeGenOperation.java:80)  
        at org.eclipse.wst.command.internal.env.core.fragment.CommandFragmentEngine.runCommand(CommandFragmentEngine.java:419)  
        at org.eclipse.wst.command.internal.env.core.fragment.CommandFragmentEngine.visitTop(CommandFragmentEngine.java:359)  
        at org.eclipse.wst.command.internal.env.core.fragment.CommandFragmentEngine.moveForwardToNextStop(CommandFragmentEngine.java:254)  
        at org.eclipse.wst.command.internal.env.ui.widgets.SimpleCommandEngineManager$6.run(SimpleCommandEngineManager.java:294)  
        at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext.runInCurrentThread(ModalContext.java:458)  
        at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext.run(ModalContext.java:366)  
        at org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog.run(WizardDialog.java:934)  
        at org.eclipse.wst.command.internal.env.ui.widgets.SimpleCommandEngineManager.runForwardToNextStop(SimpleCommandEngineManager.java:264)  
        at org.eclipse.wst.command.internal.env.ui.widgets.WizardPageManager.runForwardToNextStop(WizardPageManager.java:91)  
        at org.eclipse.wst.command.internal.env.ui.widgets.WizardPageManager.getNextPage(WizardPageManager.java:154)  
        at org.eclipse.wst.command.internal.env.ui.widgets.SimpleWizardPage.getNextPage(SimpleWizardPage.java:136)  
        at org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog.nextPressed(WizardDialog.java:813)  
        at org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog.buttonPressed(WizardDialog.java:369)  
        at org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog$2.widgetSelected(Dialog.java:624)  
        at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:228)  
        at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)  
        at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1003)  
        at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3823)  
        at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3422)  
        at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.runEventLoop(Window.java:825)  
        at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:801)  
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.WizardHandler$New.executeHandler(WizardHandler.java:253)  
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.WizardHandler.execute(WizardHandler.java:273)  
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.HandlerProxy.execute(HandlerProxy.java:281)  
        at org.eclipse.core.commands.Command.executeWithChecks(Command.java:476)  
        at org.eclipse.core.commands.ParameterizedCommand.executeWithChecks(ParameterizedCommand.java:508)  
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.HandlerService.executeCommand(HandlerService.java:169)  
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.SlaveHandlerService.executeCommand(SlaveHandlerService.java:247)  
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.actions.CommandAction.runWithEvent(CommandAction.java:157)  
        at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:583)  
        at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.access$2(ActionContributionItem.java:500)  
        at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$5.handleEvent(ActionContributionItem.java:411)  
        at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)  
        at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1003)  
        at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3823)  
        at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3422)  
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2382)  
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2346)  
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2198)  
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:493)  
        at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:288)  
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:488)  
        at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)  
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:113)  
        at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:193)  
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)  
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79)  
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:386)  
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179)  
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)  
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)  
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)  
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)  
        at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:549)  
        at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:504)  
        at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1236)

IWAB0398E Error in generating WSDL from Java:  java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.dineshonjava.ws.HelloWorldImpl
    java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.dineshonjava.ws.HelloWorldImpl
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:513)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:429)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:417)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:107)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:248)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.AntClassLoader.findBaseClass(AntClassLoader.java:1383)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.AntClassLoader.loadClass(AntClassLoader.java:1076)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:248)
    at org.apache.axis.utils.ClassUtils$2.run(ClassUtils.java:187)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at org.apache.axis.utils.ClassUtils.loadClass(ClassUtils.java:160)
    at org.apache.axis.utils.ClassUtils.forName(ClassUtils.java:100)
    at org.apache.axis.wsdl.fromJava.Emitter.setCls(Emitter.java:2079)
    at org.apache.axis.tools.ant.wsdl.Java2WsdlAntTask.execute(Java2WsdlAntTask.java:188)
    at org.eclipse.jst.ws.internal.axis.consumption.core.command.Java2WSDLCommand.executeAntTask(Java2WSDLCommand.java:180)
    at org.eclipse.jst.ws.internal.axis.consumption.core.command.Java2WSDLCommand.execute(Java2WSDLCommand.java:95)
    at org.eclipse.jst.ws.internal.axis.creation.ui.command.BUCodeGenOperation$BottomUpWSModifyOperation.execute(BUCodeGenOperation.java:122)
    at org.eclipse.jst.ws.internal.axis.creation.ui.command.BUCodeGenOperation.execute(BUCodeGenOperation.java:86)
    at org.eclipse.wst.command.internal.env.core.fragment.CommandFragmentEngine.runCommand(CommandFragmentEngine.java:419)
    at org.eclipse.wst.command.internal.env.core.fragment.CommandFragmentEngine.visitTop(CommandFragmentEngine.java:359)
    at org.eclipse.wst.command.internal.env.core.fragment.CommandFragmentEngine.moveForwardToNextStop(CommandFragmentEngine.java:254)
    at org.eclipse.wst.command.internal.env.ui.widgets.SimpleCommandEngineManager$6.run(SimpleCommandEngineManager.java:294)
    at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext.runInCurrentThread(ModalContext.java:464)
    at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext.run(ModalContext.java:372)
    at org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog.run(WizardDialog.java:1029)
    at org.eclipse.wst.command.internal.env.ui.widgets.SimpleCommandEngineManager.runForwardToNextStop(SimpleCommandEngineManager.java:264)
    at org.eclipse.wst.command.internal.env.ui.widgets.WizardPageManager.runForwardToNextStop(WizardPageManager.java:91)
    at org.eclipse.wst.command.internal.env.ui.widgets.WizardPageManager.getNextPage(WizardPageManager.java:154)
    at org.eclipse.wst.command.internal.env.ui.widgets.SimpleWizardPage.getNextPage(SimpleWizardPage.java:136)
    at org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog.nextPressed(WizardDialog.java:908)
    at org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog.buttonPressed(WizardDialog.java:428)
    at org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog$2.widgetSelected(Dialog.java:624)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:240)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1053)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4165)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3754)
    at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.runEventLoop(Window.java:825)
    at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:801)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.WizardHandler$New.executeHandler(WizardHandler.java:257)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.WizardHandler.execute(WizardHandler.java:277)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.HandlerProxy.execute(HandlerProxy.java:293)
    at org.eclipse.core.commands.Command.executeWithChecks(Command.java:476)
    at org.eclipse.core.commands.ParameterizedCommand.executeWithChecks(ParameterizedCommand.java:508)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.HandlerService.executeCommand(HandlerService.java:169)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.SlaveHandlerService.executeCommand(SlaveHandlerService.java:241)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.actions.CommandAction.runWithEvent(CommandAction.java:157)
    at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:584)
    at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.access$2(ActionContributionItem.java:501)
    at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$5.handleEvent(ActionContributionItem.java:411)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1053)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4165)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3754)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2696)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2660)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2494)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$7.run(Workbench.java:674)
    at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:667)
    at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:123)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:344)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:622)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:577)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1410)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1386)

For resolving this issue you have to follow the following steps:
1. downloading the file saaj.jar and copying it to the location:

C:Program Files (x86)springsourcests-2.8.1.RELEASEpluginsorg.apache.axis_1.4.0.v201005080400lib

2. Eclipse points to the axis installation directory:

Window > Preferences > Web Services > Axis2 Preferences > Axis2 runtime location

3. Stop server and close all applications which uses java including eclipse(STS).
Open eclipse installation folder
Go to Plugins folder.
Search javax.xml.soap_1.3.0.*
Delete the javax.xml.soap_1.3.0.*****.jar file
Now open eclipse (STS) and try with your webservice.

References
Wikipedia for Web Service

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Dinesh Rajput

Dinesh Rajput is the chief editor of a website Dineshonjava, a technical blog dedicated to the Spring and Java technologies. It has a series of articles related to Java technologies. Dinesh has been a Spring enthusiast since 2008 and is a Pivotal Certified Spring Professional, an author of a book Spring 5 Design Pattern, and a blogger. He has more than 10 years of experience with different aspects of Spring and Java design and development. His core expertise lies in the latest version of Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Security, creating REST APIs, Microservice Architecture, Reactive Pattern, Spring AOP, Design Patterns, Struts, Hibernate, Web Services, Spring Batch, Cassandra, MongoDB, and Web Application Design and Architecture. He is currently working as a technology manager at a leading product and web development company. He worked as a developer and tech lead at the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd and was the first developer in his previous company, Paytm. Dinesh is passionate about the latest Java technologies and loves to write technical blogs related to it. He is a very active member of the Java and Spring community on different forums. When it comes to the Spring Framework and Java, Dinesh tops the list!