Spring + jax-ws : ‘#xxx’ is not a valid value for ‘NCName’

Problem

Here’s the Spring + JAX-WS configuration file …

<?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:ws="http://jax-ws.dev.java.net/spring/core"
       xmlns:wss="http://jax-ws.dev.java.net/spring/servlet"
 
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd
       http://jax-ws.dev.java.net/spring/core
        http://jax-ws.dev.java.net/spring/core.xsd
        http://jax-ws.dev.java.net/spring/servlet
        http://jax-ws.dev.java.net/spring/servlet.xsd"
 
>
 
    <wss:binding url="/ws/OrderWs">
        <wss:service>
            <ws:service bean="#orderWs"/>
        </wss:service>
    </wss:binding>
 
    <!-- this bean implements web service methods -->
    <bean id="#orderWs" class="com.mkyong.order.ws.OrderWS">
        <property name="orderBo" ref="OrderBo" />
    </bean>
 
</beans>

During server start up, it hits following error message :

Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: cvc-datatype-valid.1.2.1: 
	'#orderWs' is not a valid value for 'NCName'.

Solution

The SAX parser’s error message is misleading, it should be ‘#orderWs’ is not exists‘!. A very common typo mistake, an extra ‘#’ in the Spring’s bean configuration. The correct configuration should be like this :

    <wss:binding url="/ws/OrderWs">
        <wss:service>
            <ws:service bean="#orderWs"/>
        </wss:service>
    </wss:binding>
 
    <!-- orderWs, not #orderWs -->
    <bean id="orderWs" class="com.mkyong.order.ws.OrderWS">
        <property name="orderBo" ref="OrderBo" />
    </bean>