org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Content is not allowed in prolog

Question

I have a Java based web service client connected to Java web service (implemented on the Axis1 framework).

I am getting following exception in my log file:

Answer 1

Just spent 4 hours tracking down a similar problem in a WSDL. Turns out the WSDL used an XSD which imports another namespace XSD. This imported XSD contained the following:

   
    
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Note the empty include element! This was the root of my woes. I guess this is a variation on Egor's file not found problem above.

+1 to disappointing error reporting.