Generate Java gives "Failed to read external schema..." error

Troubleshooting

Problem

In IBM® Rational® Software Architect Designer for WebSphere (RSAD4WS), when you try to generate Java from an XML Schema Definition (XSD), the generation of the Java code terminates with the following error message: Failed to read external schema document "jar:file:/path_to_websphere_90/xjc.xsd", because "jar" access is not allowed.

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Symptom

The following steps reproduce the error:

Launch RSAD4WS
Load your workspace that contains the project with the XSD file
Locate the XSD file in the Project Explorer
Select Generate > Java from the popup menu
RESULT: The Generation Result for Xjc: The Xjc tool has completed Web service artifact generation. Review the tool output for details, including errors and warnings error appears as in the following screen capture:

The following is the error output contained in the screen capture:

parsing a schema...  
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
  	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0
(Native Method)
  	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke
(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:90)
  	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke
(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:55)
  	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:508)
  	at com.ibm.ws.bootstrap.WSLauncher.main
(WSLauncher.java:281)
  Caused by: java.lang.AssertionError: org.xml.sax.
AXParseException: Failed to read external schema document
 "jar:file:/C:/IBM/WebSphere90/AppServer/plugins/
com.ibm.jaxb.tools.jar!/com/ibm/jtc/jax/tools/xjc/reader/
xmlschema/bindinfo/xjc.xsd", 
because "jar" access is not allowed.
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.SchemaCache.newValidator
(SchemaCache.java:82)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.reader.xmlschema.bindinfo.
AnnotationParserFactoryImpl$1$1.startElement
(AnnotationParserFactoryImpl.
java:118)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.xml.xsom.impl.parser.state.
NGCCRuntime.startElement(NGCCRuntime.java:253)
  	at org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLFilterImpl.
startElement(Unknown Source)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.util.
SubtreeCutter.startElement(SubtreeCutter.java:108)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.reader.
ExtensionBindingChecker.startElement
(ExtensionBindingChecker.java:150)
  	at org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLFilterImpl.
startElement(Unknown Source)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.reader.xmlschema.
parser.IncorrectNamespaceURIChecker.startElement
(IncorrectNamespaceURIChecker.
java:128)
  	at org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLFilterImpl.
startElement(Unknown Source)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.reader.xmlschema.parser.
CustomizationContextChecker.startElement
(CustomizationContextChecker.
java:193)
  	at org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLFilterImpl.startElement
(Unknown Source)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.reader.internalizer.
DOMForestScanner$LocationResolver.startElement
(DOMForestScanner.java:147)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.xml.bind.unmarshaller.
DOMScanner.visit(DOMScanner.java:244)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.xml.bind.unmarshaller.
DOMScanner.visit(DOMScanner.java:281)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.xml.bind.unmarshaller.
DOMScanner.visit(DOMScanner.java:250)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.xml.bind.unmarshaller.
DOMScanner.visit(DOMScanner.java:281)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.xml.bind.unmarshaller.
DOMScanner.visit(DOMScanner.java:250)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.xml.bind.unmarshaller.
DOMScanner.visit(DOMScanner.java:281)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.xml.bind.unmarshaller.
DOMScanner.visit(DOMScanner.java:250)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.xml.bind.unmarshaller.
DOMScanner.scan(DOMScanner.java:127)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.reader.internalizer.
DOMForestScanner.scan(DOMForestScanner.java:92)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.reader.internalizer.
DOMForestScanner.scan(DOMForestScanner.java:100)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.reader.internalizer.
DOMForestParser.parse(DOMForestParser.java:104)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.ModelLoader
$XMLSchemaParser.parse(ModelLoader.java:269)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.xml.xsom.impl.parser.
NGCCRuntimeEx.parseEntity(NGCCRuntimeEx.java:347)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.xml.xsom.impl.parser.
NGCCRuntimeEx.importSchema(NGCCRuntimeEx.java:258)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.xml.xsom.impl.parser.
state.importDecl.action0(importDecl.java:85)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.xml.xsom.impl.parser.
state.importDecl.leaveElement(importDecl.java:201)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.xml.xsom.impl.parser.
state.NGCCRuntime.endElement(NGCCRuntime.java:314)
  	at org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLFilterImpl.
endElement(Unknown Source)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.util.SubtreeCutter.
endElement(SubtreeCutter.java:112)
  	at org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLFilterImpl.
endElement(Unknown Source)
  	at org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLFilterImpl.
endElement(Unknown Source)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.reader.xmlschema.
parser.CustomizationContextChecker.endElement
(CustomizationContextChecker.java:199)
  	at org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLFilterImpl.
endElement(Unknown Source)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.reader.internalizer.
DOMForestScanner$LocationResolver.endElement
(DOMForestScanner.java:140)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.xml.bind.unmarshaller.
DOMScanner.visit(DOMScanner.java:255)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.xml.bind.unmarshaller.
DOMScanner.visit(DOMScanner.java:281)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.xml.bind.unmarshaller.
DOMScanner.visit(DOMScanner.java:250)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.xml.bind.unmarshaller.
DOMScanner.scan(DOMScanner.java:127)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.reader.
internalizer.DOMForestScanner.scan(DOMForestScanner.java:92)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.reader.
internalizer.DOMForestScanner.scan(DOMForestScanner.java:100)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.reader.
internalizer.DOMForestParser.parse(DOMForestParser.java:104)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.ModelLoader
$XMLSchemaParser.parse(ModelLoader.java:269)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.xml.xsom.impl.parser.
NGCCRuntimeEx.parseEntity(NGCCRuntimeEx.java:347)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.xml.xsom.impl.parser.
ParserContext.parse(ParserContext.java:128)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.xml.xsom.parser.
XSOMParser.parse(XSOMParser.java:171)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.xml.xsom.parser.
XSOMParser.parse(XSOMParser.java:160)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.ModelLoader.
createXSOM(ModelLoader.java:534)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.ModelLoader.
loadXMLSchema(ModelLoader.java:378)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.ModelLoader.
load(ModelLoader.java:174)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.ModelLoader.
load(ModelLoader.java:119)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.Driver.run(Driver.java:333)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.Driver.run(Driver.java:200)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.Driver._main(Driver.java:123)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.Driver.access$000(Driver.java:80)
  	at com.ibm.jtc.jax.tools.xjc.Driver$1.run(Driver.java:103)
  Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException:

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More support for:
Rational Software Architect Designer

Component:
Rational Software Architect->Transformation->Java-to-UML

Software version:
All Versions

Document number:
6507709

Modified date:
11 November 2021

UID

ibm16507709

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